Africa's exodus: Capital flight and the brain drain as portfolio decisions

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Collier, Paul ^a   Hoeffler, Anke ^b   Pattillo, Catherine ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Ctr the Stud of African Economies   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; CAPITAL FLOW; HUMAN CAPITAL; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244290146     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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