Infrastructure and FDI inflows into Mexico: A panel data approach

Global Economy Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Mollick, Andre Varella ^a   Ramos Duran, Rene ^b   Silva Ochoa, Esteban ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b Industrial Development Secretariat of the Government of the State of Chihuahua   (Mexico)

^c MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; FDI; Infrastructure; Mexico; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645878590     PISSN: 15245861     EISSN: 15245861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1524-5861.1094     Document Type: Article

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