Is foreign direct investment a channel of knowledge spillovers? Evidence from Japan's FDI in the United States

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 325-344

  Branstetter, Lee ^a,b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Knowledge spillovers

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33644658101     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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