The effects of multinationals on host economies: A CGE approach

Economic Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 851-864

  Latorre, María C ^a   Bajo Rubio, Oscar ^b   Gómez Plana, Antonio G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium; Czech Republic; Foreign direct investment; Multinational enterprises; Profit repatriation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650703120     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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