Mutual productivity spillovers between foreign and local firms in China

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 609-631

  Wei, Yingqi ^a,b,c   Liu, Xiaming ^a,b,c   Wang, Chengang ^a,b,c  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Indigenous knowledge; Mutual productivity spillovers

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMETRICS; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; FIRM SIZE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MANUFACTURING; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 48949116728     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bem037     Document Type: Article

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