Institutions sans frontières: International agreements and foreign investment

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 649-669

  Jandhyala, Srividya ^a   Weiner, Robert J ^b  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

foreign direct investment; global institutions; international investment agreements; petroleum; political risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904468098     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.70     Document Type: Article

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