International trade, foreign direct investment, and transaction costs in languages

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 732-735

  Oh, Chang Hoon ^a   Travis Selmier, W ^b   Lien, Donald ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Gravity equation; International trade; Language; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053356590     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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