The Relationship Between Communicable Diseases and FDI Flows: An Empirical Investigation

World Economy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1574-1593

  Ghosh, Sucharita ^a   Renna, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LEAST SQUARES METHOD;

EID: 84944235002     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/twec.12261     Document Type: Article

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