Local externalities and ownership choices in foreign acquisitions by multinational enterprises

Economic Geography

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-211

  Mariotti, Sergio ^a   Piscitello, Lucia ^a   Elia, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Foreign acquisitions; Local externalities; Multinational enterprises; Ownership choice

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; LOCAL ECONOMY; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

ITALY;

EID: 84897471911     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecge.12039     Document Type: Article

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