Knowledge transfers from multinational to domestic firms: Evidence from worker mobility

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 393-406

  Poole, Jennifer P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84881661689     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00258     Document Type: Article

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