Spillovers of technology transfer from FDI: The case of Estonia

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-466

  Sinani, Evis ^a   Meyer, Klaus E ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Panel data; Spillovers; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 9144222831     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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