Do spillover benefits grow with rising foreign direct investment? An empirical examination of the case of China

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-405

  Wang, Chengqi ^a   Yu, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Industrial and Business Organization   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MANUFACTURING; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33847269760     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500428096     Document Type: Article

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