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Does foreign direct investment affect domestic income inequality?

Changkyu Choi Department of Economics, Myongji University, 50-3, Namgajwadong, Seodaemungu, Seoul 120-728, Korea E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 811-814 | Published online: 24 Nov 2006

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