Foreign direct investment concessions and environmental levies in China

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 241-250

  Chen, Qiu ^a   Maung, Min ^b   Shi, Yulin ^c   Wilson, Craig ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial firms; FDI; Pollution fees; Private equity; Provincial development; Subnational concessions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891052901     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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