Patterns of foreign direct investment in the new EU countries

Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 42-51

  Sova, Robert ^a,b,c   Albu, Lucian Liviu ^d   Stancu, Ion ^a   Sova, Anamaria ^b,c  

^a BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Economic and Business Research Center   (Romania)

^d Institute for Economic Forecasting   (Romania)

Author keywords

CEE countries; FDI; Gravity models; Panel data models

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349414707     PISSN: 15826163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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