Do multinational enterprises contribute to convergence or divergence? A disaggregated analysis of US FDI

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 304-318

  Mayer Foulkes, David ^a   Nunnenkamp, Peter ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INCOME; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TRADE FLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449153940     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2009.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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