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  1. Department of Geography, University of the Aegean Greece, and Coordinator of Administration Office, Public Debt Management Agency Ministry of Finance and National Economy, Greece

    Aikaterini Kokkinou (PhD Candidate)

  2. Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Greece

    Ioannis Psycharis (Assistant Professor)

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Kokkinou, A., Psycharis, I. (2007). Foreign Direct Investment: Explaining the Regional Location Determinants in South-Eastern European Countries. In: Korres, G.M. (eds) Regionalisation, Growth, and Economic Integration. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1925-0_6

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