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Do multinational enterprises contribute to convergence or divergence? : A disaggregated analysis of US FDI
Mayer-Foulkes, David (contributor);  … - 2005
It is a widely held belief that foreign direct investment (FDI) has a positive effect on economic growth. We test this hypothesis by performing convergence regressions derived from a model of endogenous technological change. We estimate the rate of growth in per-capita income, relative to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002747633
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Do multinational enterprises contribute to convergence or divergence? : a disaggregated analysis of US FDI
Mayer-Foulkes, David; Nunnenkamp, Peter - In: Review of development economics 13 (2009) 2, pp. 304-318
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003839650
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Do multinational enterprises contribute to convergence or divergence? : a disaggregated analysis of US FDI
Mayer-Foulkes, David; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328996
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Do Multinational Enterprises Contribute to Convergence or Divergence? A Disaggregated Analysis of Us FDI
Mayer-Foulkes, David; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2005
It is a widely held belief that foreign direct investment (FDI) has a positive effect on economic growth. We test this hypothesis by performing convergence regressions derived from a model of endogenous technological change. We estimate the rate of growth in per-capita income, relative to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014064052
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Do multinational enterprises contribute to convergence or divergence? : a disaggregated analysis of US FDI
Mayer-Foulkes, David - 2005
It is a widely held belief that foreign direct investment (FDI) has a positive effect on economic growth. We test this hypothesis by performing convergence regressions derived from a model of endogenous technological change. We estimate the rate of growth in per-capita income, relative to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013261426
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Determinants of donor generosity: A survey of the aid budget literature
Fuchs, Andreas; Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2012
What determines the foreign aid effort of donor countries? We review the existing literature on donors' aid budgets and examine which of the suggested variables robustly determine aid effort, measured as Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a share of gross national income. More...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288227
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Determinants of donor generosity : a survey of the aid budget literature
Fuchs, Andreas; Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2012
What determines the foreign aid effort of donor countries? We review the existing literature on donors’ aid budgets and examine which of the suggested variables robustly determine aid effort, measured as Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a share of gross national income. More...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009624533
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Income inequality and health : evidence from developed and developing countries
Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2014
We assess the effect of income inequality on life expectancy by performing separate estimations for developed and … developing countries. Our empirical analysis challenges the widely held view that inequality matters more for health in richer … income inequality increases life expectancy in developed countries. By contrast, the effect on life expectancy is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344097
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Income inequality and health : evidence from developed and developing countries
Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2015
We assess the effect of income inequality on life expectancy by performing separate estimations for developed and … developing countries. Our empirical analysis challenges the widely held view that inequality matters more for health in richer … income inequality slightly increases life expectancy in developed countries. By contrast, the effect on life expectancy is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010478521
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Firm heterogeneity and choice of ownership structure : an empirical analysis of German FDI in India
Görg, Holger; Lauber, Verena; Meyer, Birgit; … - 2008
We contribute to the nascent literature on the heterogeneity of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the relevance of firm characteristics for analyzing the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The focus is on the role of firm-level heterogeneity when MNEs decide on the share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772206