How foreign direct investment promote institutional quality: Evidence from Vietnam

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1054-1072

  Dang, Duc Anh ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foreign investment; Institutions; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886639302     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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