Capital/Labor substitution, capital deepening, and FDI

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 699-707

  Antony, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capital deepening; Capital labor substitution; FDI

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350389827     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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