The effects of foreign direct investment on the host country's economic growth: Theory and empirical evidence

Singapore Economic Review

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Forte, Rosa ^a   Moura, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

economic growth; Foreign direct investment; literature survey

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL;

EID: 84884867403     PISSN: 02175908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590813500173     Document Type: Article

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