Foreign Direct Investors as agents of economic transition: An instrumental variables analysis

Quarterly Journal of Political Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-85

  Malesky, Edmund J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67651043076     PISSN: 15540626     EISSN: 15540634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/100.00008068     Document Type: Article

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