How important is trade and foreign ownership in closing the technology gap? Evidence from Estonia and Slovenia

Review of World Economics

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-295

  Damijan, Jože P ^a   Knell, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Foreign direct investments; Spillovers; Technology transfer; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746874083     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-005-0028-6     Document Type: Article

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