Regional economic integration and geographic concentration of multinational firms

European Economic Review

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-375

  Chen, Maggie X ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Geographic concentration; Market potential; Multinational firms; Regional economic integration

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TRADE AGREEMENT;

EID: 62049086235     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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