US companies in transition economies: Wealth effects from expansion between 1987 and 1999

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-195

  Wooster, Rossitza B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event study; Foreign direct investment; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645451029     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400187     Document Type: Article

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