Trade costs and foreign direct investment

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-218

  Neary, J Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR ^*

Author keywords

Cross border mergers and acquisitions; Export platform FDI; Foreign direct investment; International trade policy; Trade liberalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549127947     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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