Environmental regulation: An incentive for foreign direct investment

Review of International Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 568-578

  Dijkstra, Bouwe R ^a   Mathew, Anuj Joshua ^b   Mukherjee, Arijit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INCENTIVE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 79960580189     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2011.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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