The impact of bilateral investment treaties on FDI dynamics

World Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1536-1549

  Egger, Peter ^a,c   Merlo, Valeria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 34548768188     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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