The effectiveness of investment incentives: The Slovenian FDI Co-financing Grant Scheme

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-401

  Burger, Anže ^a   Jaklič, Andreja ^a   Rojec, Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE; INCENTIVE; PRODUCTIVITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 84865028791     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: 14653958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2012.705471     Document Type: Article

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