This paper argues that Japanese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China plays a critical role in home and host country’s bilateral trade imbalances with the U.S. Using six cross-sectional panel data from 1981 to 2007, we find strong evidence in support of the role of Japanese FDI in mounting...

The paper investigates the economic importance of remittance flows to the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). Utilizing panel cointegration tests, the results show that there is no evidence of a long-run relationship between remittances and real GDP per capita or investment but some...

type="main" xml:id="ecpa12062-abs-0001" <p>We examine the long-run relation linking the demand for money in Australia to economic activity and the interest rate for an extended period from 1976 to 2010. Using the Johansen cointegration test, we test the relationship for three measures of monetary...</p>

The study constructs a linear model to evaluate the significant impacts of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) on foreign direct investment (FDI) and the possible consequences of BITs. The results show that BITs have significantly promoted FDI and their effects are a substitute for the level of...