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Challenging the Production Function Approach to Assess the Developmental Effects of FDI

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  1. Economics and Strategy Group, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

    Nigel Driffield

  2. Department of Structural Change, Halle Institute for Economic Research, Kleine Märkerstrasse 8, Halle (Saale), 06108, Germany

    Björn Jindra

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Driffield, N., Jindra, B. Challenging the Production Function Approach to Assess the Developmental Effects of FDI. Eur J Dev Res 24, 32–37 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2011.50

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