State characteristics and the locational choice of foreign direct investment: Evidence from regional FDI in Mexico 1989-2006

Growth and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-413

  Jordaan, Jacob A ^a  

^a VU University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; MAQUILADORA; MODELING; STATE ROLE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 49849099283     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2008.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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