Foreign direct investment in the Western Balkans: Privatization, institutional change, and banking sector dominance

Economic Annals

Volumn 55, Issue 187, 2010, Pages 7-30

  Botrić, Valerija ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Determinants; Financial sector; Foreign direct investment; Privatization; Role of institutions; South east Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955120069     PISSN: 00133264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/EKA1087007B     Document Type: Article

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