The exceptional performance of Chinese outward direct investment firms

China Economic Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 209-219

  Tian, Wei ^a   Yu, Miaojie ^b   Zhang, Fan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

firm productivity; firm level evidence; outward foreign direct investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974733283     PISSN: 17538963     EISSN: 17538971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538963.2016.1172783     Document Type: Article

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