National boundaries and the location of multinational firms in Europe

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 733-748

  Basile, Roberto ^a,b   Castellani, Davide ^c   Zanfei, Antonello ^d  

^a Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses ISAE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrete choice models; Europe; Location; Multinational firms

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MODELING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70449641507     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2009.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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