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Do Foreign Investors Care about Labor Market Regulations?

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Beata Smarzynska Javorcik ()
Mariana Spatareanu

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Volume (Year): 141 (2005)
Issue (Month): 3 (October)
Pages: 375-403
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Keywords: Foreign direct investment; labor market regulation; firm level data;

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  4. Wheeler, David & Mody, Ashoka, 1992. "International investment location decisions : The case of U.S. firms," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 33(1-2), pages 57-76, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Shang-Jin Wei, 2000. "Local Corruption and Global Capital Flows," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 31(2000-2), pages 303-354. [Downloadable!]
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