Physical capital, knowledge capital, and the choice between FDI and outsourcing

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Chen, Yongmin ^a   Horstmann, Ignatius J ^b   Markusen, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL FORMATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84863165015     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2011.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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