Distributional consequences of globalisation: Empirical evidence from panel data

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1424-1449

  Qureshi, Mahvash Saeed ^a   Wan, Guanghua ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL FORMATION; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INCOME; INVESTMENT LOCATION; PANEL DATA;

EID: 57049102433     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380802265637     Document Type: Article

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