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FDI and the costs of contract enforcement in developing countries

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  • Aseem Prakash

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Article provided by Springer & Society of Policy Sciences in its journal Policy Sciences.

Volume (Year): 43 (2010)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 181-200

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Handle: RePEc:kap:policy:v:43:y:2010:i:2:p:181-200
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-009-9093-3
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Keywords: Contract enforcement; Foreign investment; Globalization;

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  1. Sijeong Lim & Victor Menaldo & Aseem Prakash, 2015. "Foreign aid, economic globalization, and pollution," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 48(2), pages 181-205, June.
  2. International Finance Corporation & World Bank, 2013. "Doing Business 2013 : Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises," World Bank Publications, The World Bank, number 11857, July.
  3. Ferrando, Annalisa & Moro, Andrea & Maresch, Daniela, 2015. "Creditor protection, judicial enforcement and credit access," Working Paper Series 1829, European Central Bank.
  4. Demirbag, Mehmet & McGuinnness, Martina & Wood, Geoffrey & Bayyurt, Nizamettin, 2015. "Context, law and reinvestment decisions: Why the transitional periphery differs from other post-state socialist economies," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 24(6), pages 955-965.
  5. Duanmu, Jing-Lin, 2011. "The effect of corruption distance and market orientation on the ownership choice of MNEs: Evidence from China," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 162-174, June.

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