This paper compares and contrasts the determinants of outward foreign direct investment from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with those of outward foreign direct investment from Japan, Republic of Korea, and Taipei, China.The paper examines descriptively and econometrically the motives...

In this paper we compare and contrast the determinants of outward direct investment from China with those from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. We examine both descriptively as well as econometrically the various motives and factors behind the investment abroad from these four Asian economies. The...

This paper aims at providing an analytical examination of the criticism that the WTO is unfair and hurts the weak, developing countries. We utilize a formal model with the following features: in both the powerful and weak economies, pressure groups lobby to influence their trade policies in...