Productivity growth and technological diffusion through foreign direct investment

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-248

  Woo, Jaejoon ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68049136019     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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