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Political Risk and Quality of Governance as Determinants of Foreign Direct Investments in the Transition Countries

By: Miloš Dašić  
Open Access
|Apr 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ethemes-2022-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2217-3668 | Journal ISSN: 0353-8648
Language: English
Page range: 343 - 367
Submitted on: Jan 26, 2022
Accepted on: Sep 10, 2022
Published on: Apr 5, 2023
Published by: University of Niš, Faculty of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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