The Location of Domestic and Foreign Production Affiliates by French Multinational Firms /

Economists interested in location choices usually focus their attention on investments abroad. This neglects the fact that multinational enterprises continue to invest domestically while undertaking foreign expansion. This paper compares investments at home and abroad. Our firm-level dataset shows a...

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Päätekijä: Mejean, Isabelle
Muut tekijät: Mayer, Thierry, Nefussi, Benjamin
Aineistotyyppi: Aikakauslehti
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Sarja:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/022
Linkit:Full text available on IMF
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