The influence of foreign direct investment on contracting confidence in developing countries

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-339

  Ahlquist, John S ^a   Prakash, Aseem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Contract enforcement; Development; Fdi; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952322887     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2008.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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