Tax incentives for import-substituting foreign investment: Does signaling play a role?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-193

  Raff, Horst ^a   Srinivasan, Krishna ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Country risk; F2; Foreign direct investment; H2; Openness; Signaling; Tax incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031993903     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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