How does investing in cheap labour countries affect performance at home? firm-level evidence from France and Italy

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-260

  Navaretti, Giorgio Barba ^a   Castellani, Davide ^a   Disdier, Anne Célia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FIRM SIZE; INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

FRANCE; ITALY;

EID: 77953279208     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpp010     Document Type: Article

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