Foreign Aid as a Signal to Investors: Predicting FDI in Post-conflict Countries

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 280-306

  Garriga, Ana C ^a   Phillips, Brian J ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

aid; civil war; FDI; geostrategic aid; post conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898865427     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002712467937     Document Type: Article

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