resource-rich countries, the decision of host governments to expropriate these investments, and the level of corruption. Higher … production. Moreover, resource production leads to high levels of corruption. Our theoretical results are confirmed by … estimations of a simultaneous equation model for 50 resource-rich countries in which we endogenize expropriation risk, corruption …

resultant prosperity. We also emphasize that enforcing regulations is a complex task given corruption, informal markets, and the … inability of citizens to cooperate and form effective lobbies. Preliminary calculations using data from the World Bank show that …

We reconsider the question of what determines corruption at the cross-national level, using new data and methods … corruption, as are freedom of the press, political rights, the presence of established democratic institutions, the salience of … the relational factors that we consider affect corruption, beyond the effects that they often have on bilateral trade …

investments. Furthermore, far too little attention has so far been paid to how corruption relates to the performance of foreign … should fight against informal payments in bureaucracy to create corruption free environments, so that multinationals are …

This paper empirically examines the impact of corruption on FDI in European Union countries, including candidate …, we find that corruption has a negative impact on FDI. -- FDI ; Corruption ; Efficient Grease Hypothesis ; OLS …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the impact of corruption on foreign direct investment … evaluate the impact of corruption on FDI activities.Findings – The empirical results illustrate that corruption is a … components of FDI – greenfield investment and cross-border M&As, are separately examined. Specifically, while corruption …

We examine the effect of corruption on foreign direct investments (FDI). Starting out from the theory of FDI, we show … that corruption can have different effects on horizontal investments, which are primarily aimed at sales to the local …-level data, we find that corruption reduces the probability that a firm will invest in a country. Moreover, when studying the …

This study adds to largely non-existent literature on corruption and foreign direct investment (FDI) in natural … 2020. We find that higher levels of corruption are associated with lower levels of FDI in natural resources, supporting the … likely to use the prevalence of corruption to disregard laws to attract greater FDI in natural resources to compensate for …

corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 developing countries. The following findings are …