Determining the Internationally Relevant Link between a State and a Corporate Investor Recent Trends concerning the Application of the "genuine Link" Test

Journal of World Investment and Trade

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 139-175

  Acconci, Pia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

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EID: 85075251950     PISSN: 16607112     EISSN: 22119000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/221190004X00344     Document Type: Review

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