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How to maximize domestic benefits from foreign investments: the effect of irreversibility and uncertainty

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  • Pennings, Enrico, 2005. "How to maximize domestic benefits from foreign investments: the effect of irreversibility and uncertainty," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 873-889, May.
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