Host country reforms and FDI inflows: how much difference do they make?

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1299-1314

  Gastanaga, Victor M ^a   Nugent, Jeffrey B ^a   Pashamova, Bistra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; INVESTMENT FLOWS; POLICY REFORM; REFORM IMPACT;

EID: 0032123336     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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