The effect of the liberalization of investment policies on employment and investment of multinational corporations in Africa

African Development Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-66

  Asiedu, Elizabeth ^a   Gyimah brempong, Kwabena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INVESTMENT; LIBERALIZATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

AFRICA;

EID: 40949139375     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2008.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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