How does religion bias the allocation of Foreign Direct Investment? the role of institutions

Economie Internationale

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 53-76

  Hergueux, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Culture; Foreign Direct Investment; Institutions; Religion; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866335452     PISSN: 12408095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s2110-7017(13)60003-7     Document Type: Article

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