Multinationals and plant exit: Evidence from Chile

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-51

  Alvarez, Roberto ^a   Görg, Holger ^b  

^a CENTRAL BANK OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exit; Exporting; Foreign direct investment; Multinationals; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949087791     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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