Survey Article: Publication Bias in the Literature on Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1375-1396

  Havranek, Tomas ^a,b   Irsova, Zuzana ^b  

^a CZECH NATIONAL BANK   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DATABASE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 84868673783     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2012.685721     Document Type: Article

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