Growth impact and determinants of foreign direct investment into South Africa, 1956-2003

Economic Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 738-760

  Fedderke, J W ^a   Romm, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747363810     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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