Foreign direct investment, processing trade, and the sophistication of China's exports

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-439

  XU, Bin ^a   LU, Jiangyong ^b  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

China; Foreign direct investment; Processing trade; Sophistication of exports

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049101066     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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