Comparing sectoral FDI incentives: Comparative advantages and market opportunities

Annals of Economics and Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-176

  Qiu, Larry D ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Absolute advantage; Comparative advantage; FDI incentives; Foreign direct investment (FDI); Market opportunity; Multinational corporation (MNC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868570130     PISSN: 15297373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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