Meta-analysis of intra-industry FDI spillovers: Updated evidence

Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-174

  Havránek, Tomáš ^a   Iršová, Zuzana ^b  

^a CZECH NATIONAL BANK   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Meta analysis; Multinational companies; Productivity spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955777172     PISSN: 00151920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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