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Foreign direct investment and profit outflows: a causality analysis for the Brazilian economy

Seabra, Fernando; Flach, Lisandra - In: Economics Bulletin 6 (2005) 1, pp. 1-15

Most empirical works have focused on the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) to exports and other economic performance indicators, whereas its impacts to profit outflows has been relatively neglected. This paper investigates the nature of the causal relationship between FDI and profit...

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Aid Flows and Growth Diagnosis: Empirical Evidence for A Panel of ECOWAS Countries

Eregha, P. B. - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 4, pp. 2627-2633

This article investigates if the stability of aid flows has an impact on investment and economic growth for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries using pooled panel regression from 1970-2008. The results suggest that foreign aid has a positive and significant impact on...

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Is the real dollar rate highly volatile?

Norrbin, Stefan; Pipatchaipoom, Onsurang - In: Economics Bulletin 6 (2007) 2, pp. 1-15

This note s the real exchange rate behavior observed by Lothian (1998). Specifically, we investigate the volatility of the U.S. dollar relative to other major currencies using d data, and reestimate the real exchange rate using alternative currency baskets. The results confirm Lothian's...

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Foreign direct investment and profit outflows: a causality analysis for the Brazilian economy

Seabra, Fernando; Flach, Lisandra - In: Economics Bulletin 6 (2005) 1, pp. 1-15

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010629595

Is the real dollar rate highly volatile?

Norrbin, Stefan; Pipatchaipoom, Onsurang - In: Economics Bulletin 6 (2007) 2, pp. 1-15

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005110805

Governance and foreign direct investment in developing and developed countries

Ochi, Anis; Saidi, Yosra; Ghadri, Houria - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 4, pp. 36-36

In this paper, we'll try to study the impact of governance indicators and macroeconomic variables on the attractiveness of foreign direct investment in 20 developed and developing countries over the period 1998–2010 using fixed effects panel regressions. Our results generally indicate that...

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More on corporate diversification, firm size and value creation

Nguyen, Duc Khuong; Mensi, Walid; Boubaker, Adel - In: Economics Bulletin 7 (2008) 3, pp. 1-7

This paper examines the impact of corporate diversification and firm size on the value creation over the 1997-2005 period for twenty-five non-banking firms listed on Tunis Stock Exchange. Our results confirm previous studies in that shares of diversified firms sell at a discount. Moreover, value...

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More on corporate diversification, firm size and value creation

Nguyen, Duc Khuong; Mensi, Walid; Boubaker, Adel - In: Economics Bulletin 7 (2008) 3, pp. 1-7

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005110947

Do exchange rate bubbles deflate faster than they inflate?

Bleaney, Michael; Li, Zhiyong - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 3, pp. 1542-1548

Some theories predict that exchange rate bubbles should deflate faster than they inflate. We find no empirical support for this hypothesis for currencies that floated against the US dollar. The bursting of exchange rate bubbles is not analogous to collapses in the prices of financial assets....

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Revisiting the effects of country specific fundamentals on sovereign default risk

Ramos-Francia, Manuel; Rangel, José G - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 4, pp. 3008-3016

This paper re-examines the association of country-specific macroeconomic fundamentals and sovereign risk. Our analysis … inflation and twin deficits are associated with higher sovereign spreads, real growth shows negative effects on default risk …. International reserves and exchange rate appreciations are associated with lower default risk in emerging markets. …

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