Foreign direct investment in China: Winners and losers

Foreign Direct Investment in China: Winners and Losers

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-173

  Hale, Galina ^a   Long, Cheryl ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

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EID: 84995476547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/8079     Document Type: Book

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