Foreign direct investment-led growth: Evidence from time series and panel data

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-151

  De Mello Jr , Luiz R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; NATIONAL ECONOMY; OECD; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0345436095     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/51.1.133     Document Type: Article

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