Accounting for the growth of MNC-based trade using a structural model of U.S. MNCs

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1515-1558

  Feinberg, Susan E ^a   Keane, Michael P ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847683920     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.5.1515     Document Type: Article

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