Innovation and foreign ownership

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3594-3627

  Guadalupe, Maria ^a,b   Kuzmina, Olga ^c   Thomas, Catherine ^d,e  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e CEPR ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84873318714     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.7.3594     Document Type: Article

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