Exchange Rate Variability and Foreign Direct Investment: Consequences of EMU Enlargement
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern European Economics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0012-8775,1557-9298
DOI: 10.2753/eee0012-8755440101