Is foreign direct investment beneficial for Mexico? An empirical analysis, 1960-2001

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 802-817

  Ramirez, Miguel D ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

error correction model; foreign direct investment; impulse response functions; labor productivity growth; remittances; variance decompositions

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MODEL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645957114     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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