Investment climate and international integration

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1498-1516

  Dollar, David ^a   Hallward Driemeier, Mary ^a   Mengistae, Taye ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

economic development; foreign direct investment; globalization

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33747356515     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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