Similar Search Results

The Impact of Restrictive Measures on Bilateral FDI in OECD Countries

Zongo, Amara - 2020

In 2016, some 55 economies introduced at least 112 measures affecting foreign investment. Two thirds of these measures sought to liberalise, promote and facilitate new investment (falling since 2016). Almost a third of these measures are new restrictions (increasing since 2016). Restrictive...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015213950

African Perceptions of Donor Agencies: Emerging developments in Sino-African relations

Forson, Joseph Ato; Braimah, Awaisu Imurana; Awoonor, … - 2016

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that African perceptions of donor agencies such as China may differ from country to country, and are informed by elements such as the country of origin, the knowledge base and orientation towards China. China has been a longstanding partner of Africa...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015214020

Afghanistan's Regulatory Business Environment: Exploring the Impact on Trade

Wani, Nassir Ul Haq; Hatam, Ahmad Khalid - 2022

Following the recent regime change, Afghanistan is at a crossroads. Economic growth and international trade are key to its stability, yet many obstacles stand in its way. The study investigates the domestic, legal and regulatory landscape to understand the criticality of Afghanistan's regulatory...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015214304

The Prospect Of ECOWAS Currency Union On Intra-Regional Trade

Abban, Stanley; Ofori-Abebrese, Grace - 2019

Currency union is viewed as a panacea for struggling economies with West Africa in their quest to adopt a common currency. However, despite the rattling efforts and measures laid down, the policy seems unrealistic and deemed to fail. The study empirically evaluates whether adopting a common...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015215051

Australian Trade and FDI Relations with Japan: Reflecting on the Past Seven Decades

Bayari, Celal - 2012

The post-World War II reconstruction of global trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a significant topic … relationship between Australia and Japan from the immediate post-World War II phase through Australia’s neo-liberal trade policy … phase. The post-World War II relationship began in the 1950s, and grew during the Cold War years, the end of which has …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015215084

Services in Regioanl Trade Agreements: Implications for India

Nag, Biswajit; De, Debdeep - 2008

services has also been accompanied by the rising share of services in world transactions. In fact trade in services has grown …. Among the roughly 153 RTAs operational in the world today, 43 are economic integration agreements notified under the GATS …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015217347

South Korean Economy and the Free Trade Agreement with China

Bayari, Celal - 2020

South Korea has had a continuous engagement with significant trade, investment and security matters simultaneously in its relations with other nations. South Korea’s bilateralism with China is a part of a larger milieu which China has been constructing, that includes the Belt and Road...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015218406

Indian Industrialisation, Multinational Enterprises and Gains from Trade

Broll, Udo; Gilroy, Bernard Michael - 1986

of the international economy combined with an increasing expansion of the differentiated product sortiments of the world …'s multinational firms. Rationalisation of operations on a world basis allows firms to achieve increased economies of scale through …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015218736

Paris agreement on climate change and the possible impacts on Brazilian meat and dairy sectors

Alvim, Augusto; Sanguinet, Eduardo - 2020

This study analyzes the impacts of reducing GHG emissions on the Meat and Dairy sectors. For this purpose, the Brazilian targets for the reduction of GHG emissions ratified in the Paris Agreement in 2015 are considered as starting points. To achieve this goal, General Equilibrium Model (GTAP) is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015219432

The Patterns of Japanese FDI in Australia after the Lehman Shock: Perspectives of the Eclectic Paradigm and Institutional Economics

Bayari, Celal - 2012

multinational enterprise (MNE) activity, and foreign direct investment. The way in which ‘institutional economics’ theory is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015219438