Political risk as a determinant of investment by Spanish multinational firms in Europe

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 789-793

  Jiménez, Alfredo ^a   Durán, Juan José ^b   de la Fuente, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; LOCATION DECISION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 79960040262     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2010.500269     Document Type: Article

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