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Determinants of Foreign Direct Investments in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

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  • Khaled Guesmi
  • Frédéric Teulon

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This paper aims to investigate the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows and their determinants in six major countries in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) over the period from 1998 to 2010. Using panel da

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  • Khaled Guesmi & Frédéric Teulon, 2014. "Determinants of Foreign Direct Investments in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation," Working Papers 2014-213, Department of Research, Ipag Business School.
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