Firm heterogeneity, exporting and foreign direct investment

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 517, 2007, Pages

  Greenaway, David ^a   Kneller, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; FIRM SIZE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; MICROECONOMICS; TRADE;

EID: 33947147279     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02018.x     Document Type: Review

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