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Protection and Foreign Investment
Economic Record, 1967Abstract First, the direct and indirect effects of protection on capital inflow are presented. Secondly, the principles for taxing foreign capital are reviewed. Then, tariffs are shown in some cases to be second‐best taxes or subsidies on foreign capital.
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Foreign Portfolio Investment and Informativeness of Foreign Direct Investment
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012This paper studies how investors allocate their portfolio equity investment internationally. I develop a model to formalize the mechanism by which investors extract the information about foreign target countries from foreign direct investment (FDI): When investors make FDI, due to their control and monitoring as insiders, they obtain the information ...
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2018
Successive governments have emphasized Indonesia’s need for greatly increased foreign investment but have not matched this with sufficient reform to attract large amounts of it. This chapter begins by describing the requirements for foreign investment, including establishment of PMAs, or foreign investment companies, before considering the restrictions
Simon Butt, Tim Lindsey
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Successive governments have emphasized Indonesia’s need for greatly increased foreign investment but have not matched this with sufficient reform to attract large amounts of it. This chapter begins by describing the requirements for foreign investment, including establishment of PMAs, or foreign investment companies, before considering the restrictions
Simon Butt, Tim Lindsey
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2017
Abstract This chapter examines two foundational questions relating to foreign investment: why firms engage in foreign investment, and how inward foreign investment affects host states. It then examines the scope of the investment treaty regime’s coverage of different types of ‘investors’ and ‘investments’.
Jonathan Bonnitcha +2 more
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Abstract This chapter examines two foundational questions relating to foreign investment: why firms engage in foreign investment, and how inward foreign investment affects host states. It then examines the scope of the investment treaty regime’s coverage of different types of ‘investors’ and ‘investments’.
Jonathan Bonnitcha +2 more
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2018
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) statistics are commonly treated as unproblematic measures of the ‘true’ levels of cross-border investment flows. Through a dissection of the manifold measurement problems underlying standard FDI statistics, this chapter offers a different perspective on these numbers.
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) statistics are commonly treated as unproblematic measures of the ‘true’ levels of cross-border investment flows. Through a dissection of the manifold measurement problems underlying standard FDI statistics, this chapter offers a different perspective on these numbers.
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Foreign direct investment [PDF]
, 1997 This paper argues that the liberalisation of foregin direct investment (FDI) has made labour costs more important to domestic investment and long-run labour demand. It provides evidence from British and German data that is consistent with this view. First, high unit labour costs increase FDI outflows and lower FDI inflows.
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Abstract This chapter examines the impact of foreign investment on local livelihoods and migration decision-making in Wayisso, focusing on two enterprises: Verde Beef, a cattle processing company, and Sher Ethiopia, the world’s largest rose farm. Situating these cases within broader debates on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the chapter
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2002
This paper explores some of the key issues related to FDI in Southern Africa. It takes a look at comparative patterns and trends of investment flows in developing regions (including the SADC). In addition, an account of the institutional and regulatory framework in the SADC region and consequences for investment flows into SADC, is provided.
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This paper explores some of the key issues related to FDI in Southern Africa. It takes a look at comparative patterns and trends of investment flows in developing regions (including the SADC). In addition, an account of the institutional and regulatory framework in the SADC region and consequences for investment flows into SADC, is provided.
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If Foreign Investment Is not Foreign: Round-Trip Versus Genuine Foreign Investment in Russia [PDF]
, 2013 In this paper we study the phenomenon of round-trip investment between Russia and key offshore financial centers (OFCs), namely, Cyprus and British Virgin Islands, which is now a significant part of foreign investment into Russia. Using firm-level data we study differences in location strategies between round-trip and genuine foreign investors into ...
Svetlana Ledyaeva +2 more
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The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Investment in Canada
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1977F OREIGN private direct investment has a number of economic effects on the capitalreceiving country. Although these have usually been assumed to be beneficial, several recent papers suggest that the issue may be more complex.' While much of the attention to this subject has come from those concerned with developing countries, these issues have ...
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