Intellectual property rights protection and the surge in FDI in China

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-224

  Awokuse, Titus O ^a   Yin, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Developing countries; FDI; Intellectual property rights; Patent laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953134718     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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