China's overseas investment in the energy/resources sector: Its scale, drivers, challenges and implications

Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 750-758

  Tan, Xiaomei ^a  

^a Towner A   (China)

Author keywords

Challenges; Energy; Overseas investment; Policy drivers; Resources

Indexed keywords

CHALLENGES; ENERGY; OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS; POLICY DRIVERS; RESOURCES;

ECONOMICS;

INVESTMENTS;

ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84874297042     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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