Determinants of foreign direct investment - A tale of nine theoretical models

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-196

  Faeth, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

FDI; Literature survey

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 58349092547     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2008.00560.x     Document Type: Review

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