Location choices of multinational firms in Europe: The role of EU cohesion policy

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-340

  Basile, Roberto ^a   Castellani, Davide ^b   Zanfei, Antonello ^c  

^a ISAE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Foreign Direct Investments; Location choice; Mixed logit models

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CORRELATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LOCATION DECISION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 39849101881     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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