Climbing to the top? Foreign direct investment and property rights

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 289-302

  Ali, Fathi ^a   Fiess, Norbert ^b   Macdonald, Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78651070210     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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