A comparative empirical examination of outward foreign direct investment from four asian economies: People's Republic of China; Japan; Republic of Korea; and Taipei, China

Asian Development Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-101

  Fung, K C ^a   Garcia Herrero, Alicia ^b   Siu, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BBVA University Institute for Economic and Social Analysis University of Alcalá   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMETRICS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARKET; NATURAL RESOURCE; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 71949097720     PISSN: 01161105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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