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Determinants of Regional Growth by Manufacturing Sector in Mexico, 1998-2008

Pereira, Mariana - 2015

, agglomeration economies, and initial conditions, the south, the center and the Gulf of Mexico have a relative disadvantage for …This article presents an empirical analysis aimed at identifying the determinants of regional growth in Mexico by … manufacturing sector in the period 1988-2008. In the framework of agglomeration economies it argues that the main factor behind …

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Indian Direct Investment in Developing Countries : Emerging Trends and Development Impacts

Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - 2009

This study has analyzed the overall and regional trends in Indian direct investment flows into developing region since 1960s and explored various development impacts they have on host developing countries. Evidence tends to indicate that developing region was the initial destination for Indian...

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Does Foreign Direct Investment Improve Economic Development in North African Countries?

Soumaré, Issouf - 2015

This paper examines the relationship between FDI inflows and welfare improvement in North African countries. Using net per capita FDI inflows and the UNDP's HDI as the principal variables, our analyses confirm the positive and strongly significant relationship between net FDI inflows and welfare...

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Does Foreign Direct Investment Reduce Poverty in Africa and are there Regional Differences?

Gohou, Gaston - 2015

This paper re-examines the relationship between FDI inflows and welfare (or poverty reduction) in Africa. Using FDI net inflows per capita and the UNDP's HDI as the principal variables, our analyses confirm the positive and strongly significant relationship between FDI net inflows and poverty...

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The Impact of FDI on Air Quality : Evidence from China

Kirkulak-Uludag, Berna - 2011

This paper examines the impact of FDI investment on air pollution in China using 286 cities from 2001 through 2007. This paper provides a better understanding of economic growth and foreign investment while maintaining a sustainable environment. In order to achieve this task, the current paper...

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Hold Your Enemies Closer : In Search of Positive Impacts of Horizontal Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Firms

Lu, Yi - 2009

Existing studies have often failed to find positive impacts of horizontal FDI on domestic firms. We argue that the two effects underpinning the impacts of horizontal FDI (i.e., the positive spillover effect and the negative competition effect) have different degrees of attenuation with distance....

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Are Chinese workers from the one-child-policy generation selfish in a group? : evidence from worker surveys in six major Chinese cities

Kadoya, Yoshihiko; Sano, Yoshio - 2014

Many claim that Chinese people born after the one-child policy of 1979 are very individualistic or even selfish. This research tested the hypothesis that Chinese workers of the one-child-policy generation have difficulty working in a team, addressing the absence of nation-wide evidence. Using...

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Globalisation, structural change and labour productivity growth in BRICS economy

Mallick, Jagannath - 2015

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Foreign trade and FDI in the Austrian regions : a new methodology to estimate regional trade and an analysis of the crisis effects

Römisch, Roman - 2012

Foreign trade and foreign direct investments (FDI) are key elements for economic development and growth of both a country and its regions. This paper focuses on foreign trade and FDI in Austrian regions (Bundesländer). Unfortunately, data on regional trade in Austria is only available on a very...

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Globalisation, structural change and labour productivity growth in BRICS economy

Mallick, Jagannath - 2015

Globalisation, has intensified the demand preference for quality labour, that embodies more knowledge and competency/skill to maximise the production in one hand, and it has also changed the life style and consumption behavior of the society on the other. As a consequence, this has led to...

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