Policy competition for foreign direct investment between asymmetric countries
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Foreign Direct Investment and Competition Policy
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Economic Review
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0014-2921
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.07.002