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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Introduction

Author : Dr. Patricia Hofmann

Published in: The Impact of International Trade and FDI on Economic Growth and Technological Change

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

In the threat of the end 2008 financial crisis world’s leading economists were not only worried about direct economic consequences as investment bottlenecks, firm bankruptcy, the dropping in national incomes and the raise of unemployment all over the world. Equally noticeable were concerns about long-run economic damage that might accrue from myopic nationalist policies leading to a new wave of protectionism.

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Metadata
Title
Introduction
Author
Dr. Patricia Hofmann
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34581-4_1