Understanding local content descisions: Economic analysis and an application to the automotive industry

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 747-772

  Veloso, Francisco M ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 33748607442     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2006.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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