Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Firm-Level Evidence from China

Xinpeng Xu; Yu Sheng

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.006

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Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Firm-Level Evidence from China

Xinpeng Xu

Yu Sheng

World Development Vol. 40 No. 1 pp. 62-74 · Elsevier BV

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Xinpeng Xu, Yu Sheng (2012). Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Firm-Level Evidence from China. World Development, 40(1), 62-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.006

Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Firm-Level Evidence from China

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