This is the second part of our study on corporate political activity, an issue that should be regarded as very important in the firm’s interaction with the political factor. The aim of this scientific approach is to present a comparative analysis on corporate political strategies in various...

China and Romania have a common starting point – the planned socialist economy. Depending on the political, historical and geographical situation, and consistent with the options of each of these countries, China and Romania have evolved in different ways in the recent decades from the...

The existing literature has shown that special interest groups can have both growth enhancing and retarding effects on an economy. In either case it is always assumed that the nature of the special interest groups remains constant over time. The hypothesis of this paper is that a dynamic...

Tariffs have almost completely disappeared but various restrictions on foreign entry remain for multinationals. Many trade agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have been signed to lower tariffs and reduce the risks of expropriation. Why do we see so few agreements removing FDI...