Is more mobility good?. Firm mobility and the low wage-low productivity trap

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-51

  Seguino, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital mobility; Foreign direct investment; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE;

EID: 33846166733     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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