Capital flight and political risk

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-92

  Lensink, Robert ^a   Hermes, Niels ^a   Murinde, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital flight; Developing countries; Political instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034135002     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(99)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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