Political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 397-415

  Busse, Matthias ^a   Hefeker, Carsten ^a,b,c  

^a Hamburgisches Welt Wirtschafts Archiv   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Institutions; Multinational corporations; Political risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249029695     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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