Where a contract is signed determines its value: Chinese provincial variation in utilized vs. contracted FDI flows

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-107

  Hornstein, Abigail S ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Foreign direct investment (FDI); Institutions; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951723388     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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