Macroeconomic impacts of FDI in transition economies: A meta-analysis

World Development

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-69

  Iwasaki, Ichiro ^a   Tokunaga, Masahiro ^b  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Economic transition; Former Soviet Union; Macroeconomic impacts of FDI; Meta analysis; Publication selection bias

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MACROECONOMICS; MARKET TRANSITION; META-ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84899812627     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.022     Document Type: Article

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