Search Results - subject:"DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT"

Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Trade Agreements; The Market Size Effect Revisited

Jaumotte, Florence - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

The paper investigates whether the market size of a regional trade agreement (RTA) is a determinant of foreign direct investment (FDI) received by countries participating in the RTA. This hypothesis is tested on a sample of 71 developing countries during the period 1980-99. Evidence is found...

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Multinational Affiliates and Local Financial Markets

Sayek, Selin; Lehmann, Alexander; Kang, Hyoung Goo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

We use data on the sources of debt finance of U.S. majority-owned foreign affiliates in 53 countries over the period 1983 to 2001 to examine the role of financial market development, and exposure to host country-specific risk on the financing choices of these affiliates. We find that total...

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Forces centrifuges et forces centripètes autour de la métropole tunisoise. Les entrepreneurs locaux, acteurs de la localisation industrielle

Metral, André - In: Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine avril (2003) 2, pp. 267-290

As we focus on the evolution of the relative weight of the Tunis area and the tunisian coastline in the industrial potential of this country, we would like now to complete the strictly economic analysis of the agglomeration and industrial location by an approach of the economy decision-makers as...

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FDI Spillovers, Financial Markets and Economic Development

Sayek, Selin; Alfaro, Laura; Chanda, Areendam; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper examines the role financial markets play in the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic development. We model an economy with a continuum of agents indexed by their level of ability. Agents can either work for the foreign company or undertake entrepreneurial...

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Why Does Fdi Go Where it Goes? New Evidence From the Transition Economies

Kinoshita, Yuko; Campos, Nauro F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper examines the importance of agglomeration economies and institutions vis-a-vis initial conditions and factor endowments in explaining the locational choice of foreign investors. Using a unique panel data set for 25 transition economies between 1990 and 1998, we find that the main...

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Foreign investment policy in Australia - a brief history and recent developments

Treasury, Australian - In: Economic Roundup (1999) 4, pp. 63-70

The following article outlines the history and evolution of Australia’s foreign investment policy. It briefly describes the policy rationale and operation and highlights some recently announced policy changes.

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Possibilities and Financing Limits of Romanian Companies by the Share Market

BUHOCIU, Florin; VIRLANUTA, Florina; MOGA, Liliana; … - In: Economics and Applied Informatics (2008), pp. 103-106

The IT&C sector is one of the most dynamic of Romania’s economy. It is estimated, for instance, that in 2007 800,000 PCs will be sold, almost 33% more than in 2006. Figures showing similar growth trends are also estimated in business software companies and the Internet. These estimates...

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Productivity Growth in Indonesia: The Role of Regional Characteristics and Direct Foreign Investment

Sjöholm, Fredrik - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

different regional characteristics and direct foreign investment. The results suggest that a diversified regional industry … sector increase productivity growth. Direct foreign investment benefits establishments in neighbouring industries within the … region. There are intra-industry spillovers from direct foreign investment at a national level, but there does not seem to be …

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Outsourcing and International Production of a Multinational: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence from Toyota, Thailand

Anukoonwattaka, Witada - Institut for Miljø og Erhvervsøkonomi, Syddansk … - 2007

A stylised partial equilibrium model of an MNC is developed. The model incorporates key aspects of outsourcing in a world of falling trade costs. The multinational, with firm-specific capital operates in two countries that differ in factor prices; it produces final goods with firm specific...

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Technology Gap, Competition and Spillovers from Direct Foreign Investment: Evidence from Establishment Data

Sjöholm, Fredrik - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1997

foreign investment. The results suggest that direct foreign investment benefits locally owned establishments. The effect …Using detailed micro data from the Indonesian manufacturing sector, we examine the effect on productivity of direct …

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