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Political Risk, Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment
Hefeker, Carsten; Busse, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005
The paper explores the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows. Using different econometric techniques for a data sample of 83 developing countries and the period 1984 to 2003, we identify those indicators that matter most for the activities of...
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Subsidy Competition in Integrating Economies
Albornoz, Facundo; Corcos, Gregory - Department of Economics, University of Birmingham - 2005
Regional integration affects location decisions of MNCs and therefore influences each member country’s provision of investment incentives, which in turn may trigger relocation. As a consequence, subsidy competition increases as integration proceeds. We analyze the welfare consequences of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086722
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Optimal policy for FDI incentives: An auction theory approach
Luski, Israel; Rosenboim, Mosi - In: European Research Studies Journal XII (2009) 3, pp. 61-76
A multinational corporation’s (MNC) entry into a host country brings benefits to the economy of that country, some direct (such as increasing production and employment) and some indirect (such as productivity spin-off). Governments that view MNCs as engines for growth and regional development...
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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties: More Than a Bit?
Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … extensive dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103190
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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties More Than a Bit
Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982641
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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties More Than a Bit
Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565041
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The Effect of Tax Havens on Host Country Welfare
Gresik, Thomas A.; Schindler, Dirk; Schjelderup, Guttorm - Institutt for foretaksøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2015
internal debt, a number of developing countries do not. In this paper, we analyze the effect on FDI and host country welfare of … capitalization limits may be needed in developing countries to attract FDI, the amount of debt financing allowed by the permissive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266248
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Can India become an export platform for global operations of Japanese and American multinational corporations affiliates?
Yamashita, Nobuaki - Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade … - 2012
This paper examines various indicators of the economic activities of Japanese and American multinational corporation (MNC) affiliates in India compared to the case of China, using the unique affiliate-level data.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010545928
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A Linder Hypothesis for Foreign Direct Investment
Fajgelbaum, Pablo; Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study patterns of FDI in a multi-country world economy. First, we present evidence for a broad sample of countries … that firms direct FDI disproportionately to markets with income levels similar to their home market. Then we develop a …-driven and the decision to serve foreign countries via exports or FDI depends on a proximity-concentration trade-off. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367424
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Trading Blocs and Foreign Direct Investment: Endogenous Coalition Structure
Im, Hyejoon - Econometric Society - 2004
I examine the relationship between trading blocs and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Firms in the model serve foreign … markets either by exporting or by setting up plants abroad, which is FDI. I find that countries forming a bloc could attract … FDI from non-member countries. However, I show by using a coalition formation game that this FDI-attracting bloc cannot be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063769