Explaining Export Success: Firm Characteristics and Spillover Effects

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-393

  Alvarez, Roberto ^a  

^a CENTRAL BANK OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; exports; manufacturing industry; multinationals; spillovers

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANUFACTURED EXPORT; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PRODUCTIVITY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847186986     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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