Measuring Risk for Foreign Direct Investment Research in the Middle East and North Africa: A Transparent Protocol for Proxy Selection and Robustness
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2026-0068 | Journal eISSN: 2558-9652
Language: English
Page range: 872 - 886
Published on: Jul 16, 2026
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