This paper presents some analysis of the effects that outward FDI can have on productivity and in the home country. We focus on sectors that are seen as being low, or medium/ low technology sectors, and using firm level data for the UK, compare a number a of different measures of FDI, and a...

In the post Bretton Woods era, the volatile nature of exchange rates has been the focus of many researchers. Although some previous studies suggest that variations in an exchange rate has the potential to affect a country’s economic performance, LDC’s (Less Developed Countries’) have...

This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive analysis using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model for the economy of Saudi Arabia and of the possibleeffects of some policy measures. It further explains the mechanisms through which they affect different economic agents. Using a static CGE...

The industrial economics and trade theory literatures of Chamberlinian monopolistic competition generally assume homogeneity of technologies between firms and countries. This assumption clashes with the evidence emerging from even a casual observation of the real world where industries including...

A recent, comprehensive database is used to investigate the link between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and innovation activity in China. The results of the analysis suggest that private and collectively owned firms with foreign capital participation and those with good access to...