Foreign direct investment, economic growth, and the human capital threshold: Evidence from US States

Review of International Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-113

  Ford, Timothy C ^a   Rork, Jonathan C ^b   Elmslie, Bruce T ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; STOCK MARKET;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37749024314     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2007.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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