Voting for Protection: Does Direct Foreign Investment Influence Legislator Behavior?

American Economic Review

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1002-1014

  Blonigen, Bruce A ^a   Figlio, David N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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