Competition among governments to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown significantly. This paper investigates the extent to which the size of incentive packages offered to investors by governments is driven by competitive pressure to attract mobile investment projects. It finds that...

Die bisherigen Treffen und Beschlüsse der Welthandelsorganisation gehen an den Interessen vieler Entwicklungsländer vorbei. FairTrade zeigt auf, wie den ärmeren Ländern geholfen werden kann, sich durch freien Handel selbst zu helfen.

How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton put forward a brand new model for managing trading relationships...