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PRIVATE R&D INVESTMENTS IN AGRICULTURE: THE ROLE OF INCENTIVES AND INSTITUTIONS
Alfranca, Oscar; Huffman, Wallace E. - 1999
This paper presents econometric evidence of the effects of economic incentives and institutions on national aggregate …-1995. We find strong impacts of both incentives and institutions on private agricultural R&D investment, and including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443114
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Essays in International Finance
Daude, Christian - 2008
and the quality of host country institutions. Overall, we find that in particular FDI, and to some extent also loans, are … portfolio investment is by far the most sensitive to the quality of institutions.Chapter 3 focuses on a related topic to chapter … determinants of the location of FDI. While we find that better institutions have overall a positive and economically significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450734
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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - 2011
This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442826
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Leaving the L-Space; Kundenintegration als Erklärungsansatz multinationaler Unternehmen im Dienstleistungssektor - Eine Weiterentwicklung des OLI-Modells
Radmacher-Nottelmann, Nils A. - 2010
Das Wachstum multinationaler Unternehmen (MNU) wird zunehmend durch Investitionen von Dienstleistungsunternehmen vorangetrieben. Die Produktion von Dienstleistungen unterscheidet sich allerdings in mehreren Aspekten von der Herstellung klassischer Industriegüter. Eine zentrale Eigenschaft ist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447148
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Ausländische Direktinvestitionen als Wachstumsmotor? - Eine Empirische Analyse am Beispiel Lateinamerikas
Hinrichs, Cord - 2005
Vor dem Hintergrund der bisherigen theoretischen und empirischen Studien untersucht diese Arbeit vornehmlich die kausale Beziehung zwischen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (DI) und Wirtschaftswachstum in 6 lateinamerikanischen Ländern.Die wachsenden Zuflüsse ausländischer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476170
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Reforms and foreign direct investment : possibilities and limits of public policy in attracting multinational corporations; a multiple case study of Romania and Croatia
Zühlke, Dietmar - 2009
I. Introduction: This thesis analyzes the impact of reforms in Romania and Croatia on the inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by German and Austrian Multinational Corporations (MNCs). The research questions are: (1) What role can public policy play in transition countries in attracting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451178
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The impact of trade-related investment measures in developing countries
Zhang, Jian - 2003
, utilities, agriculture and other highly protected and labor intensive sectors. Government taxes on MNEs would cause a loss in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451224
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PEÑOLES EN LA AGROINDUSTRIA EMPRESA ORGULLOSAMENTE MEXICANA
Molina, Julio C.; Araiza, Salvador E. - 2011
Penoles began operations in 1887 as a mining company. It currently controls more than 20active companies involved in exploration, mining, foundation and refining of precious metalsand industrial and developing inorganic chemical product which integrates differentcompanies involved in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443753