Foreign direct investment in European transition economies-The role of policies

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 369-386

  Demekas, Dimitri G ^a   Horváth, Balázs ^a   Ribakova, Elina ^a   Wu, Yi ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Southeastern Europe; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249907580     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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