Does Foreign Investment Really Reduce Repression?

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 427-436

  Sorens, Jason ^a   Ruger, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 84862197927     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2012.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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