Determinants of Horizontal Spillovers from FDI: Evidence from a Large Meta-Analysis

World Development

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Iršová, Zuzana ^a   Havránek, Tomአ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH NATIONAL BANK   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Determinants; Foreign direct investment; Meta analysis; Productivity spillovers

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; META-ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 84872371354     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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