Hard Bargains: The impact of multinational corporations on economic reform in Latin America

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-32

  Egan, Patrick J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; POLICY REFORM; STOCK MARKET; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 77953919984     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2010.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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