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Firm productivity, foreign direct investment and the host-country welfare: trade cost vs. cheap labor [PDF]
We show that the relationship between higher productivity of the foreign firm and host country welfare depends on the reason for foreign direct investment (FDI).
Arijit Mukherjee
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Financial Inclusion and Carbon‐Intensive Path Dependence: Evidence From Oil‐Exporting Economies
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether financial inclusion mitigates environmental degradation or, conversely, reinforces carbon‐intensive development pathways in oil‐exporting economies, consistent with carbon lock‐in dynamics. Drawing on resource curse and structural specialization frameworks, we argue that financial deepening may amplify carbon ...
Tasos Stylianou +2 more
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Do bilateral investment treaties increase foreign direct investment to developing countries? [PDF]
Foreign investors are often skeptical toward the quality of the domestic institutions and the enforceability of the law in developing countries. Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) guarantee certain standards of treatment that can be enforced via ...
Laura Spess, Eric Neumayer
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Managing sustainability transitions demands not only adopting the newest technology and innovations but also policy alignment that reduces ecological pressure. Linking to ecological modernization theory, this study examines the U.S. time series data spanning 1990–2023 to understand how the combined innovation activities related to green ...
Md. Rashed +5 more
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New Evidence on the Impact of Energy Poverty on Industrial Performance in Africa
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Industrialisation is essential for Africa's long‐term development, offering a pathway to economic diversification, employment creation and resilience to external shocks. Given the continent's demographic and structural challenges, transitioning to higher value‐added, technologically advanced industries is a necessity.
Abdoul Karim Théophile Ouedraogo +1 more
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Governance and foreign direct investment: is there a two-way relationship? [PDF]
The issue of economic governance is highly discussed pertaining to the question of industrialisation of a country, yet the literature on international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) hardly pays attention to this aspect.
Leonard F.S. Wang +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Innovation is widely recognized as a critical mechanism for achieving sustainable and inclusive development, yet evidence on how national innovation systems contribute to development outcomes across countries at different income levels remains fragmented.
Oussama Rbiaa, Issam Benhayoun
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Foreign Direct Investment, Domestic Investment, and Economic Growth in China: A Time Series Analysis [PDF]
In this paper, we investigate the causal link between foreign direct investment (FDI), domestic investment and economic growth in China for the period 1988-2003.
Tang, Sumei +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the associations among geopolitical risk, financial development, economic freedom, foreign direct investment, urbanization, and ecological footprint in a BRICS‐10 sample comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates over the period 2000–2024.
Mohammad Ridwan +8 more
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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Sectoral Data in Indonesia [PDF]
The paper investigates the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth using detailed sectoral data for FDI inflows to Indonesia over the period 1997-2006.
Abdul Khaliq, Ilan Noy
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