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How Different are FDI and FPI Flows?: Does Distance Alter the Composition of Capital Flows?
Hattari, Rabin; Rajan, Ramkishen S. - Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR), … - 2011
gravity model fits the data quite well. Specifically, while economic sizes of the host and source (measured by GDP, population … etc) appear to positively impact bilateral flows in most cases, distance -- broadly proxying some sort of transactions and … / or information frictions -- stands out as consistently hindering all types of capital flows. But does greater distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008872067
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Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) in Developing Asia: The Role of Financial Variables
Hattari, Rabin; Rajan, Ramkishen S. - Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR), … - 2009
This paper examines cross-border M&A activities in a large panel which includes many developing Asian economies. How important are financial drivers of M&As in the region, particularly financial risks such as market risk, credit risk, and liquidity risk? How significant are intra-(developing)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008621754
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Trends and Drivers of Bilateral FDI Flows in Developing Asia
Hattari, Rabin; Rajan, Ramkishen S. - Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR), … - 2008
investigate trends and patterns of intra-Asian FDI flows over the period 1990 to 2005. It also employs an augmented gravity model … and informational distance (proxied by distance), real sector variables, financial variables and institutional quality are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357467
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The discontinuous integration of Western Europe's heterogeneous market for corporate control from 1995 to 2007
Frey, Rainer - 2010
. Our gravity regressions show that borders lost relevance from 1995 up to the bursting of the new economy bubble. During … driven by institutional factors. On the other hand, geographical distance became less relevant for M&As for the entire time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271607
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The discontinuous integration of Western Europe's heterogeneous market for corporate control from 1995 to 2007
Frey, Rainer - 2010
. Our gravity regressions show that borders lost relevance from 1995 up to the bursting of the new economy bubble. During … driven by institutional factors. On the other hand, geographical distance became less relevant for M&As for the entire time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301320
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The discontinuous integration of Western Europe's heterogeneous market for corporate control from 1995 to 2007
Frey, Rainer - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2010
. Our gravity regressions show that borders lost relevance from 1995 up to the bursting of the new economy bubble. During … driven by institutional factors. On the other hand, geographical distance became less relevant for M&As for the entire time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611435
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Internationalization by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) after the 2008 crisis: Looking for generalizations
Götz, Marta; Jankowska, Barbara - In: International Journal of Management and Economics 50 (2016) 1, pp. 63-81
This paper seeks to detect (post) crisis tendencies in the international activities of state-owned enterprises (SOE) and sovereign wealth funds (SWF) and identify the main challenges posed in exploring this topic. In doing so it draws on the inductive approach and qualitative method and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015192054
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Why do firms invest in the Baltic Sea Region
Kotilainen, Markku; Nikula, Nuutti - 2010
We have defined the Baltic Sea Region as consisting of the following countries and regions: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and the regions of St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Kaliningrad in Russia. We have investigated the factors af-fecting FDI in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273019
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Enter the dragon: Policies to attract Chinese investment
Ramasamy, Bala; Yeung, Matthew - 2014
Over the last ten years, Chinese enterprises have become more multinational in nature. China's outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) has been growing at a phenomenal rate. In 2012, China became the third largest investor, after the US and Japan; and the largest investor among developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427132
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The effect of exchange rate volatility on international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries along "one belt and one road"
Latief, Rashid; Lefen, Lin - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 6 (2018) 4, pp. 1-22
The 'One Belt and One Road' (OBOR) project was started by the Chinese government with the aim of achieving sustainable economic development and increasing cooperation with other countries. This project has five major objectives, which include (i) increasing trade flow, (ii) encouraging policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996151