The quality of institutions and foreign direct investment

Economics and Politics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-344

  Daude, Christian ^a   Stein, Ernesto ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 35348944837     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2007.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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