Abdullah Alam, M. Usman Arshad and WasimUllah Rajput. Relationship of Labor Productivity, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Evidence from OECD Countries.
. 2013; 1(6):133-138. doi: 10.12691/JBMS-1-6-3
economic growth, foreign direct investment, labor productivity, labor economics, generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator, panel causality analysis
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