Three waves of bits: The global diffusion of foreign investment policy

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1047-1073

  Jandhyala, Srividya ^a   Henisz, Witold J ^b   Mansfield, Edward D ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bilateral investment treaty; foreign direct investment; policy diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055187706     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002711414373     Document Type: Review

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