Multinational corporations' economic and human rights impacts on developing countries: A review and research agenda

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 479-517

  Giuliani, Elisa ^a   Macchi, Chiara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Human rights; Multinational corporations; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 84895892510     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bet060     Document Type: Article

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