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Refugees, trade, and FDI [PDF]
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2022 Abstract Humanitarian policies aimed at welcoming forced migrants may yield unexpected economic dividends. This article focuses on the trade and investment links forged by refugees between their countries of resettlement and the origins they fled.
Bahar, Dany +2 more
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The Politics of FDI Expropriation [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 AbstractI examine the role of political instability and fractionalization as potential explanations for the lack of capital flows from rich countries to poor countries (i.e., the Lucas Paradox). Using panel data from 1984 to 2014, I document that (i) developed countries exhibit larger inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI), (ii) countries subject ...
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FDI and Taxation: A Meta-Study [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 Despite the continuing political interest in the usefulness of tax competition and tax coordination as well as the wealth of theoretical analyses, it still remains open whether or when tax competition is harmful. Moreover, the influence of tax differentials on multinationals' decisions is still insufficiently analyzed.
Lars P. Feld, Jost Henrich Heckemeyer
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THE IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON FDI AND THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF FDI OVER TIME [PDF]
The Singapore Economic Review, 2009 We examine the impact of exchange rates on foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the United States in the context of a model that allows for the interdependence of FDI over time. Interdependence is modeled as a two-state Markov process where the two states can be interpreted as either a favorable or an unfavorable environment for FDI in an ...
D. Alba, Joseph +2 more
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FDI Protectionism Is On The Rise [PDF]
, 2009 Over the past two decades or so, countries have liberalized their FDI regulatory frameworks and have put in place an international investment law regime that provides various protections for international investors. In the past few years, however, there are signs that countries are reevaluating their approach toward such investment.
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 Wholesale and retail trade affiliates owned by parent firms in manufacturing account for a considerable fraction of overall affiliate sales. Although quantitatively important, this Export-Supporting FDI (ESFDI) activity has received little attention in the literature. This paper includes ESFDI into a model of trade and horizontal FDI with heterogeneous
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FDI and Export Upgrading. [PDF]
, 2011 The debate on trade and growth increasingly focuses on the composition of exports. Exports of more “sophisticated” products appear to be positively correlated with growth, and upgrading the quality of exports is high on the policy agenda of many countries.
Torfinn Harding, Beata Javorcik
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FDI in Investment Banking [PDF]
Thunderbird International Business Review, 2012 AbstractThe determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in investment banking are tested using unique data obtained from 43 semistructured interviews with senior managers of multinational banks. Consistent with internalization theory, the decision to service new customers is positively and significantly related to FDI.
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, 1999 In this Paper we study the location behaviour of a foreign and a domestic footloose firm competing in output in the domestic product market. Both firms produce a homogenous good using a labour intensive technology. While the domestic country is unionized, the foreign country is not.
Collie, D., Vandenbussche, Hylke
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Transition to FDI Openness [PDF]
, 2009 Empirical studies quantifying the benefits of increased foreign direct investment (FDI) have been unable to provide conclusive evidence of a positive impact on host country’s economic performance. I show that the lack of robust evidence is not inconsistent with theory, even if the eventual gains to FDI are large, if restrictions on FDI are lifted only ...
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