Location decisions of Japanese new manufacturing plants in China: A discrete-choice analysis

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 369-387

  Cheng, Shaoming ^a   Stough, Roger R ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; LOCATION THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745223496     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-005-0052-4     Document Type: Article

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