Corruption and cross-border investment by multinational firms

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 839-856

  Wu, Shih Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corruption; Foreign direct investment; Multinational firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750991588     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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