Does inward foreign direct investment boost the productivity of domestic firms?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 482-496

  Haskel, Jonathan E ^a   Pereira, Sonia C ^b   Slaughter, Matthew J ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34548642600     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.3.482     Document Type: Review

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