Institutional Analysis and the Determinants of Chinese FDI

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Alon, Titan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Institutions; Outward foreign direct investment (OFDI); Private sector; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993009228     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X201000013     Document Type: Review

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