The effects at home of initiating production abroad: Evidence from matched French firms

Review of World Economics

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-483

  Hijzen, Alexander ^a,b   Jean, Sébastien ^c,d,e   Mayer, Thierry ^f  

^a OECD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INRA ALISS   (France)

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^e CEPII   (France)

^f SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Delocalisation; Foreign direct investment; Multinationals; Propensity score matching; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960892981     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-011-0094-x     Document Type: Article

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