Location decision of heterogeneous multinational firms

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-199

  Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang ^a   Moore, Michael O ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm heterogeneity; Location decision; Multinational firm; Productivity

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; LOCATION DECISION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 77349092797     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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