Does democracy moderate the obsolescing bargain mechanism? - An empirical analysis, 1983-2001

Transnational Corporations

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Jakobsen, Jo ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Democracy; Developing countries; FDI; Obsolescing bargain; Political risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248995335     PISSN: 10149562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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