Foreign direct investment and labour rights: a panel analysis of bilateral FDI flows
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- 26 January 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Applied Economics Letters
- Vol. 18 (2) , 149-152
Abstract
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.Keywords
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