Trade and investment effects of forced labour: An empirical assessment

International Labour Review

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-71

  Busse, Matthias ^a   Braun, Sebastian ^a  

^a Hamburgisches Welt Wirtschafts Archiv   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; SLAVE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 0041876314     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2003.tb00252.x     Document Type: Article

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