Ownership structure in foreign direct investment projects

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 647-662

  Asiedu, Elizabeth ^a   Esfahani, Hadi Salehi ^a  

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EID: 0035639470     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465301753237731     Document Type: Article

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