Non-traditional source countries of FDI play an increasingly important role, notably in developing host countries. This raises the question of whether the determinants of FDI differ systematically between traditional and non-traditional source countries. We perform Logit and Poisson Pseudo...

Die Europäische Union verhandelt zurzeit mit den AKP-Ländern über so genannte Economic Partnership Agreements. Diese Abkommen haben vor allem die Entwicklung der AKP-Länder als Ziel. Eine elementare Vorbedingung für Entwicklung ist die Qualität der Regierungsführung. Jedoch ist eine gute...

The paper uses a comprehensive data set with bilateral direct investment flows and establishes the influence of the de-facto exchange rate regime for FDI flows. We find a strong and significant effect from fixed rates on bilateral FDI flows in developed economies, but no significant effect for...

Negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements between African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and the European Union have not been making much progress recently. How should the Partnership Agreements be structured to ensure a pro-development outcome and how could the negotiations gain...