Does foreign aid mitigate the adverse effect of expropriation risk on foreign direct investment?

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 268-275

  Asiedu, Elizabeth ^a   Jin, Yi ^c   Nandwa, Boaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expropriation; FDI; Foreign aid; Risk; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AID DEPENDENCY; AID FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MODELING; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67349161102     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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