Trade liberalization and organizational change

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-208

  Conconi, Paola ^a,c   Legros, Patrick ^a   Newman, Andrew F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalization; Incomplete contracts; Theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; GLOBALIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

EID: 84858073625     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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