Familiarity breeds investment: Diaspora networks and international investment

American Political Science Review

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 584-600

  Leblang, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 77958456492     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055410000201     Document Type: Article

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