General-Equilibrium Approaches to the Multinational Enterprise: A Review of Theory and Evidence

Handbook of International Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 320-349

  Markusen, James R ^a   Maskus, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct investment; General equilibrium; International trade; Knowledge capital model; Multinational firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889281587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756461.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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