Foreign direct investment in the Caribbean

Development Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-89

  Kolstad, Ivar ^a   Villanger, Espen ^a  

^a CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Foreign Direct Investment; Regulation; Stability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 37249073986     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2008.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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