Natural disasters and foreign direct investment

Land Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 346-363

  Escaleras, Monica ^a   Register, Charles A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951915205     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.87.2.346     Document Type: Article

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