Foreign direct investment in countries of the former Soviet Union: Relationship to governance, economic freedom and corruption perception

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-316

  Kenisarin, Murat M ^a   Andrews Speed, Philip ^b  

^a S YU YUNUSOV INSTITUTE OF THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT SUBSTANCES   (Uzbekistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Economic freedom; FDI; Former Soviet Union; Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249108387     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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