Keywords and phrases: foreign direct investment, financial development, trade, natural resources.
Received: May 22, 2021; Accepted: June 26, 2021; Published: July 26, 2021
How to cite article: Shila Mishra and Khyam Paneru, Determinants of foreign direct investment: a comparative study of two South Asian countries, Advances and Applications in Statistics 69(2) (2021), 203-222. DOI: 10.17654/AS069020203
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