Foreign direct investment in infrastructure in developing countries: Does regulation make a difference?

Transnational Corporations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-171

  Kirkpatrick, Colin ^a   Parker, David ^b   Zhang, Yin Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Developing countries; Foreign direct investment; Infrastructure; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947643062     PISSN: 10149562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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