Competing for Scarce Foreign Capital: Spatial Dependence in the Diffusion of Double Taxation Treaties

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 645-660

  Barthel, Fabian ^a   Neumayer, Eric ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; EXPORT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; FOREIGN POLICY; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 84871328771     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2012.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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