Testing for horizontal and vertical foreign investment spillovers in China, 1998-2007

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 234-243

  Du, Luosha ^a   Harrison, Ann ^b   Jefferson, Gary H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward and forward linkages; China's manufacturing industries; Foreign direct investment; Horizontal spillover effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858287830     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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