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Basi R. S. , Determinates of United States Private Direct Investment in Foreign Countries (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University, 1963).

Aharoni Yair , The Foreign Investment Decision Process (Boston: Harvard University Graduate School of Business, 1966).

Root Franklin R. , “Attitudes of American Executives Toward Foreign Governments and Investment Opportunities,” Economic and Business Bulletin, January 1968, pp. 14–23.

Hays Richard D. , “An Introspective Structure for Foreign Investment Decisions,” MSU Business Topics, Winter 1971, p. 61.

Bauer Raymond A. de Sola Poole Ithiel Dexter Lewis Anthony , American Business and Public Policy (New York: Atherton, 1967).

Bennett Peter D. Green Robert T. , “Political Instability as a Determinant of Direct Foreign Investment in Marketing Activities,” Journal of Marketing Research, May 1972, pp. 182–186.

Nehrt Lee C. , “The Political Climate for Foreign Investment,” Business Horizons, June 1972, pp. 51–58.

Zink Dolph Warren , The Political Risks for Multi-National Enterprise in Developing Countries (New York: Praeger, 1973), p. 39.

Robock , op. cit.

Russett Bruce R. , World Handbook of Social and Political Indicators (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964).

Op. cit., pp. 97–100.

See, for example, Apter David , The Politics of Modernization (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965), pp. 237–240.

Banks Arthur S. Textor Robert B. , A Cross-Polity Survey (Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press, 1963).

Op. cit., p. 84.

Ibid.

Feierabend Ivo K. Feierabend Rosalind L. , “Aggressive Behavior in Politics, 1948–62: A Cross-national Study,” Journal of Conflict Resolution, Fall 1966, pp. 249–271.

Op. cit., p. 250.

Ibid., p. 252.

This is actually a modification for greater clarity of discussion of the Feierabend index. The original index runs from 000 to 699, the form which is necessary for statistical analysis.

Nesvold Betty A. , “Scalogram Analysis of Political Violence,” Comparative Political Studies, July 1969, pp. 172–194.

Feierabend , op. cit.

Personal interview with Ivo Feierabend. The Pennsylvania State University, May 1971.