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Technological Capability as a Determinant of FDI Inflows: Evidence from Developing Asia & India
Palit, Amitendu; Nawani, Shounkie - 2007
This paper contributes to the empirical literature on determinants of FDI by addressing the question: Why do some developing countries from Asia continue to receive more FDI, while others from the region have fallen behind? It finds R&D-based innovative capacities, and the ability to apply such...
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Effect of Microfinance on Vulnerability, Poverty and Risk in Low Income Households
Bali Swain, Ranjula; Floro, Maria - 2007
of the SHG program on the beneficiaries¡¦ earnings and empowerment, influence their households¡¦ ability to manage risk … household followed by aggregate risk. …
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An FDI is an FDI is an FDI? The growth effects of greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions in developing countries
Harms, Philipp; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2011
We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") and "greenfield" investment. A simple model captures the key difference between the two types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly...
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Impact of liberalisation on wages and employment in Indian manufacturing industries
Banga, Rashmi - 2005
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Trade and foreign direct investment in services: A review
Banga, Rashmi - 2005
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Japan's Foreign Direct Investment Experiences in India: Lessons Learnt from Firm Level Surveys
Choudhury, Srabani Roy - 2009
Ever since India decided to globalize, concentrated effort was made to attract Japanese participation through foreign direct investment. However, response from Japan has been rather subdued. This paper attempts to gain some insight into this reluctance of Japanese investors by studying the...
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Sports Retailinf in India: Opportunities, Constraints and Way Forward
Mukherjee, Arpita - 2010
Sports retail is a small but fast growing segment of modern retail in India. Recently, the country has been hosting many international sports and this has given a boost to this sector. Many foreign and domestic corporate retailers have entered sports retail. Sports goods manufacturing is a focus...
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Have Consumption Risks in the G7 Countries Become Diversified?
Antonakakis, Nikolaos; Scharler, Johann - 2010
This paper studies the dynamics of international consumption risk sharing among the G7 countries. Based on the dynamic … conditional correlation model due to Engle (2002), we construct a time-varying, consumption-based measure of risk sharing. We find … evolution of risk sharing is rather heterogeneous across countries. …
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Trade policy, income risk, and welfare
Krebs, Tom; Krishna, Pravin; Maloney, William - 2004
This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers. The … analysis proceeds in three steps. First, longitudinal data on workers are used to estimate time-varying individual income risk … parameters in various manufacturing sectors. The estimated income risk parameters and data on trade barriers are then used to …
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Aid, Governance, and Private Foreign Investment: Some Puzzling Findings and a Possible Explanation
Harms, Philipp; Lutz, Matthias - 2003
Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting resources towards unproductive activities? In this paper we explore this question using data for a large number of developing and emerging economies. Controlling for countries'...
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