Structure of firm location choices: An examination of Japanese greenfield investment in China

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-73

  Cheng, Shaoming ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Inested logit model; Location choice

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LOCATION DECISION; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; LOGIT ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33947676299     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2007.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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