Do Transport Infrastructures Promote the Foreign Direct Investments Attractiveness? Empirical Investigation from Four North African Countries
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Keywords
Transport infrastructures; foreign direct investments; economic development; and territorial attractiveness;All these keywords.
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- C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
- H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
- N7 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services
- R42 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance; Transportation Planning
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