This paper investigates the impact of domestic investment on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Developing Countries (DC). While the literature has provided numerous studies on the effects of FDI on growth and investment in host-country, very little is known about how domestic investment itself...

The ecologically unequal exchange (EUE) literature has provided ample empirical evidence for asymmetric transfer of material and energy resources from low-income to high-income countries. However, research has not been able to clearly specify the causal mechanisms driving these processes. This...

In the context of a wave of retail foreign direct investment and increasing recognition acrossmany disciplines of the profound developmental implications of transnational retail within the globaleconomy, this paper examines the institutional and economic factors determining the performance...

In this paper, we analyze the differences in the sensibility of the distribution and transportation margin to exchange rate variations among different sectors in several European countries between 1995 and 2007. On the one hand, we provide new evidence that the margin reacts to exchange rate...

L'objectif de notre article est d'étudier l'impact du phénomène assez récent des délocalisations deservices. A partir de l'analyse des données disponibles sur les délocalisations des activités de service,nous proposons une présentation des enjeux de politiques publiques sur cette...

Based on the empirical study of a key sector of the post-soviet economy, the metallurgy, this article analyses the mecanisms of the structural social shock that Russia has undergone from 1991 to 2002. We will first show that the birth of the capitalist oligarchy finds its origin in the predatory...

In this paper, we analyze the differences in the sensibility of the distribution and transportation margin to exchange rate variations among different sectors in several European countries between 1995 and 2007. On the one hand, we provide new evidence that the margin reacts to exchange rate...