Malaysia's outward FDI: The effects of market size and government policy

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 497-510

  Goh, Soo Khoon ^a   Wong, Koi Nyen ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Outward FDI

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954996171     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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