Foreign direct investment and host country economic growth: Does the investor's country of origin play a role?

Transnational Corporations

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 41-76

  Fortanier, Fabienne N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Country of origin; Foreign direct investment; Growth consequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449119370     PISSN: 10149562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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