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Three Essays on Banking Foreign Direct Investment Tamrat Workalemahu Gashaw Western Michigan University, [email protected]

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THREE ESSAYS ON BANKING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

by Tamrat Workalemahu Gashaw

A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Economics Advisor: Michael Ryan, Ph.D.

Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan April 2012

THE GRADUATE COLLEGE WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

December 09, 2011

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WE HEREBY APPROVE THE DISSERTATION SUBMITTED BY Tamrat Workalemahu Gas haw

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Three Essays on Banking Foreign Direct Investment

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