Exchange rates and U.S. foreign direct investment in the global processed food industry

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-238

  Boiling, Christine ^a   Shane, Mathew ^b   Roe, Terry ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

FDI weighted exchange rates; Global processed food industry; U.S. Foreign direct investment (FDI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549039523     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s106828050000705x     Document Type: Article

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