Foreign direct investment and labour rights: a panel analysis of bilateral FDI flows

The article analyses the impact of fundamental labour rights on bilateral Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to 82 developing countries. The results indicate that investments by multinationals are significantly higher in countries that adhere to labour rights, thereby refuting the hypothesis that repression of these rights fosters FDI.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Busse, Matthias ; Nunnenkamp, Peter ; Spatareanu, Mariana
Published in:	Applied Economics Letters. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1350-4851. - Vol. 18.2011, 2, p. 149-152
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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