Foreign direct investment and economic growth in Vietnam

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 183-202

  Anwar, Sajid ^a   Nguyen, Lan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Foreign direct investment; Globalization; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL MARKET; FIRM SIZE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PANEL DATA;

VIET NAM;

EID: 77951154886     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590802511031     Document Type: Article

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