Do all foreign direct investment inflows benefit the local economy?

World Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 424-445

  Axarloglou, Kostas ^a   Pournarakis, Mike ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; EMPLOYMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRY; LOCAL ECONOMY; WAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847664626     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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