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Institutional Differences and the Direction of Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment Flows: Are South–South Flows any Different than the Rest?

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  • Firat Demir & Chenghao Hu, 2016. "Institutional Differences and the Direction of Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment Flows: Are South–South Flows any Different than the Rest?," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(12), pages 2000-2024, December.
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