The Power of Major Trade Languages in Trade and Foreign Direct Investment

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 486-514

  Selmier II, W Travis ^a   Oh, Chang Hoon ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

foreign direct investment; International political economy; international trade; language distance; languages; transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877023907     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2011.648567     Document Type: Article

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