The impact of deviation from relative purchasing power parity equilibrium on U.S. foreign direct investment

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 521-550

  Grossmann, Axel ^a   Simpson, Marc W ^c   Brown, Cynthia J ^b  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange rate misalignments; Foreign direct investments; Purchasing power parity

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649087995     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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