Do institutions matter for foreign direct investment?

Open Economies Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-219

  Ali, Fathi A ^a   Fiess, Norbert ^a   MacDonald, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Institutions; Sectoral FDI

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MANUFACTURING; PREDICTION;

EID: 77955057840     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-010-9170-4     Document Type: Article

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