Expropriation of foreign direct investments: Sectoral patterns from 1993 to 2006

Review of World Economics

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-149

  Hajzler, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Expropriation; Foreign direct investment; Political risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857644351     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-011-0103-0     Document Type: Article

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