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Foreign Direct Investment vs. Foreign Portfolio Investment
Management International Review, 2012We examine the effect of a country’s governance environment on the foreign investment it attracts. We classify countries based on the dominant mode of governance into three types: (1) rule-based (strong public rule of law), (2) relation-based (weak rule of law and strong informal networks), and (3) family-based (absence of both public rules and ...
Jun Wu, Shaomin Li, David D. Selover
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2018
This chapter critiques the international law on foreign investment as not properly reflecting considerations of justice and too focused on fallacious notions of improving economic conditions in countries through ultra-high levels of private property protection for foreign investors.
John Linarelli +2 more
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This chapter critiques the international law on foreign investment as not properly reflecting considerations of justice and too focused on fallacious notions of improving economic conditions in countries through ultra-high levels of private property protection for foreign investors.
John Linarelli +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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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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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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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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