This study examines how Canadian exports to a specific trading partner are influenced by outward and inward direct investment flows to/from that country. A gravity-type empirical model guides a dynamic panel analysis which utilizes OECD country-level data from 1989-2007. Besides refuting the...

The global financial crisis has witnessed a dramatic slowdown in FDI flows, yet concerns over its possible impacts on investment and employment in home and host economies have actually intensified. Although weakened national economies may be a source of many such concerns, research has yet to...

Examines the relationship between property tax exemptions and municipal fiscal burdens. A model is created which measures local fiscal burdens in consideration of the influence of demand and cost variations on tax effort.

Although foreign direct investment into developed economies continues to show dramatic growth, little consensus exists over either its national or regional impacts. The lack of empirical evidence, particularly on a sub-national level, adds to the uncertainty over the efficacy of regional...

The main focus of this paper is to investigate the impact of interstate variations of skilled labor shortages on manufacturing productivity for the period 1977 to l992. We conduct the analysis for a mixed set of two-digit manufacturing industries across a sample of forty-eight United States to...

This study focuses on the role of public capital stock in contributing to interstate differences in productive efficiency in manufacturing. Our motivation is to assess the role of public capital as a source of persistent regional variations in efficiency, and thus determine if public...