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The EU Factor and Slovak International Integration: the Role of Foreign Direct Investment [PDF]
While the impact of EU conditionalities associated with recent EU-accession negotiations has been widely discussed, little attention has been given to the effect of post-1998 EU reforms on Slovakia's greater integration with the global economy.
Bartolomiej Kaminski, Beata S. Javorcik
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Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sierra Leone's land governance reform policies are often based on the neoliberal assumption that market growth, gender equality and women's empowerment are mutually compatible objectives. Contrary to this assumption, this article argues that while market‐oriented reforms can help to destabilize legal and cultural norms that are discriminatory ...
Mohamed Sesay, Simeon Koroma
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Identification and Measurement of Relationships Concerning Inflow of FDI: The Case of the Czech Republic [PDF]
The main goal of the paper is to obtain quantitative evidence describing determinants of FDI in the case of the Czech economy in order to empirically support the decision-making process within the Czech National Bank.
Petr Kral
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Gentrification, Urban Informality, and Displacement in Bangkok
The Developing Economies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyzes the recent complex dynamics of urban transformation and spatial exclusion affecting the urban lower class. Emerging cities such as Bangkok experience rapid and compressed development in which the characteristics and challenges of both developed and developing cities co‐occur.
Tamaki Endo
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The Impact of Tax Avoidance in the European Union [PDF]
Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences SeriesIn the context of contemporary debates on fiscal and economic policy, the impact of tax avoidance in the European Union was a frequently discussed topic at the negotiating table.
Laurentiu-Mihai Tanase +2 more
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ECONOMETRIC MODEL OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INFLOWS
National Association of Scientists, 2019 E.Yu. Xrustalev +2 more
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Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers: Updated Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]
The paper discusses the inflows of foreign direct investment into the CEE countries and focuses on analysis of productivity spillovers. An overview of the relevance of foreign firms in the CEE economies is presented.
Adam Gersl, Ieva Rubene, Tina Zumer
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Why is competition in the European football market failing, and what should be done about it?
Economic Affairs, EarlyView.Abstract The European football (soccer) market increasingly funnels rents to superstar players and intermediaries while weakening competitive balance. We trace this dynamic to two forces: (a) technological innovation that globalised broadcasting and magnified superstar returns, and (b) legal rulings boosting player mobility and causing bidding wars ...
Magnus Henrekson, Lars Persson
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Evidence on Determinants of Foreign Investments: the Case of Three European Regions. A revised Version [PDF]
This study aims at analysing the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows for a group of European regions. The originality of this approach lies in the use of disaggregated data by sector at regional level.
Lionel Artige, Rosela Nicolini
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Pro‐Market Economic Reforms and Resource Curse: Do Initial Conditions Matter?
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The quality of economic institutions plays a crucial role in enhancing a country's economic performance, leading international organisations to recommend pro‐market institutional reforms as a strategy to support economic development. This paper investigates how the natural resource curse affects pro‐market reforms, analysing a sample of 90 ...
Isaac Amedanou, Kwamivi Mawuli Gomado
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