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FDI and Growth in East Asia: Lessons for Indonesia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2010
Foreign direct investment has been important in the economic growth and global economic integration of developing countries over the last decades. Both Northeast and Southeast Asia, especially the latter, have been part of this development with increasing inflows of FDI and greater foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320290
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South-South FDI and Development in East Asia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2011
This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the characteristics of the investing countries and the investments themselves. It also summarizes the findings of studies in individual countries of the effects of these investments. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320352
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South-South FDI and Development in East Asia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2012
This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the characteristics of the investing countries and the investments themselves. It also summarizes the findings of studies in individual countries of the effects of these investments. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014170039
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FDI and Growth in East Asia : Lessons for Indonesia
Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2010
Foreign direct investment has been important in the economic growth and global economic integration of developing countries over the last decades. Both Northeast and Southeast Asia, especially the latter, have been part of this development with increasing inflows of FDI and greater foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137268
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The Dynamics of Offshoring and Institutions
Heyman, Fredrik; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik - 2012
, little is known about the impact of institutional quality on offshoring. This is surprising, given that offshoring has become … between institutional quality and offshoring. The results suggest that weak institutions are negatively related to offshoring … in general and to offshoring of R&D-intensive goods in particular. Furthermore, firms that are able to establish long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320385
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The WTO Dispute Settlement System 1995–-2006: Some Descriptive Statistics
Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2008
The purpose of this paper is to report some initial findings based on the WTO Dispute Settlement Data Set (Ver. 2.0) that the authors have compiled for the World Bank. The data set contains approximately 28 000 observations on the workings of the Dispute Settlement (DS) system. It covers all 351...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320040
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Trading Profiles and Developing Country Participation in the WTO Dispute Settlement System
Francois, Joseph; Horn, Henrik; Kaunitz, Niklas - 2008
It has been alleged since its inception that the WTO Dispute Settlement (DS) mechanism is biased against developing countries, as manifested in e.g. allegedly too low rates of dispute initiation. To shed light on this issue, this study analyses the determinants of developing country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320177
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Reaping the Benefits of Deeper Euro-Med Integration Through Trade Facilitation
Bourdet, Yves; Persson, Maria - 2011
The current political turmoil in the Arab world has contributed to renewed interest in the Barcelona Process. This paper explores whether deeper integration in the form of trade facilitation - i.e. improved and simplified trade procedures - could be an important part of a reform agenda. Adopting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320229
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Winners and Losers in the Panel Stage of the WTO Dispute Settlement System
Hoekman, Bernard; Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2008
A significant body of research has sought to examine claims that developing countries are under-represented as complainants, and/or over-represented as respondents in the WTO dispute settlement system. Most of this literature has focused on their propensity to participate, the idea being that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320340
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The WTO Dispute Settlement System 1995-2010: Some Descriptive Statistics
Horn, Henrik; Johannesson, Louise; Mavroidis, Petros C. - 2011
The Dispute Settlement (DS) system is a central feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement. This compulsory and binding two-level mechanism for the adjudication of disputes between WTO Members is the most active among international courts. The functioning of the DS system has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320413