FDI and productivity convergence in central and Eastern Europe: An industry-level investigation

Review of World Economics

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 689-712

  Bijsterbosch, Martin ^a   Kolasa, Marcin ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL BANK OF POLAND   (Poland)

^c WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; FDI; Panel data; Productivity convergence; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 75549083449     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-009-0036-z     Document Type: Article

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