The role of multinational firms in international trade: The case of Japan

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-352

  Kiyota, Kozo ^a,b   Urata, Shujiro ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; International trade; Multinational firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449178258     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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