Price or politics? An investigation of the causes of expropriation

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-101

  Duncan, Roderick ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expropriation; Foreign direct investment; Natural resources

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MINERALS INDUSTRY; NATURAL RESOURCE;

EID: 33645971000     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2006.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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