Trade costs and location of foreign firms in China

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 129-149

  Amiti, Mary ^a   Smarzynska Javorcik, Beata ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Market access; Supplier access; Trade costs

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; FRAGMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MARKET DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 35748934766     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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