Intellectual property rights, environmental regulations, and foreign direct investment

Land Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-173

  Co, Catherine Y ^a   List, John A ^b,c   Qui, Larry D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 2442683841     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3654736     Document Type: Article

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