The composition of foreign direct investment and protection of intellectual property rights: Evidence from transition economies

European Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-62

  Smarzynska Javorcik, Beata ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm level data; Foreign direct investment; Intellectual property rights; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0942280366     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(02)00257-X     Document Type: Article

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