How important is employment protection legislation for Foreign Direct Investment flows in Central and Eastern European countries?

Economics of Transition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-295

  Leibrecht, Markus ^a   Scharler, Johann ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Employment protection; Foreign Direct Investment; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 62149145712     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2009.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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