Reports:
The Arab Spring: How soon will foreign investors return?
Paul Antony Barbour; Persephone Economou; Nathan M. Jensen; Daniel Villar
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- Title:
- The Arab Spring: How soon will foreign investors return?
- Author(s):
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Barbour, Paul Antony
Economou, Persephone
Jensen, Nathan M.
Villar, Daniel - Date:
- 2012
- Type:
- Reports
- Department:
- Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:13216
- Series:
- Columbia FDI Perspectives
- Part Number:
- 67
- Publisher:
- Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment
- Publisher Location:
- New York
- Abstract:
- The Arab Spring dramatically increased investors' perceptions of political risk in MENA. An examination of these perceptions indicates long-run optimism that political transitions in the region -- if democratic and coupled with political stability -- could increase FDI and contribute to MENA's economic development.
- Subject(s):
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Finance
Economics, Commerce-Business
Middle Eastern studies
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