Foreign direct investment as an engine of growth

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-40

  Balasubramanyam, V N ^a   Salisu, M ^a   Sapsford, David ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Foreign Direct Investment; Human capital real wages

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL;

EID: 0033037496     PISSN: 09638199     EISSN: 14699559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638199900000003     Document Type: Article

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