Double-edged effects of the technology gap and technology spillovers: Evidence from the Chinese industrial sector

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 414-424

  Lai, Mingyong ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Zhu, Shujin ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FDI; multiple threshold model; technology gap; technology spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049095019     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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