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Institutions, financial development, and small business survival : evidence from European emerging markets
Iwasaki, Ichirō; Kočenda, Evžen; Shida, Yoshisada - 2020
In this paper, we traced the survival status of 94,401 small businesses in 17 European emerging markets from 2007–2017 and empirically examined the determinants of their survival, focusing on institutional quality and financial development. We found that institutional quality and the level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304241
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The economics of a multilateral investment agreement
Che, Jiahua; Willmann, Gerald - 2009
This paper models a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI) as a coordination device. Multinational enterprises can invest in any number of countries. Without a multilateral investment agreement, expropriation triggers an investment stop by the single MNE. Under a multilateral agreement,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808670
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World market access of emerging-market firms : the role of foreign ownership and access to external finance
Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2013
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009772816
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The effect of tax havens on host country welfare
Gresik, Thomas A.; Schindler, Dirk; Schjelderup, Guttorm - 2015
Multinational corporations can shift income into low-tax countries through transfer pricing and debt financing. While most developed countries use thin capitalization rules to limit the extent to which a subsidiary can be financed with internal debt, a number of developing countries do not. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509595
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Firm performance and trade with low-income countries : evidence from China
Schmerer, Hans-Jörg; Wang, Luhang - 2014
analysis reveals a rising low-income country trade share around and after China's accession to the World Trade Organization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010391833
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The rapidly deepening India-China economic relationship
Whalley, John; Shekhar, Tanmaya - 2010
In this paper we focus on the rapidly deepening bilateral India-China economic relationship. Each is deeply integrating … into the global economy through trade and FDI inflows, China is seen as primarily manufacturing-lead growth with India as … China, and the two have to be considered a joint global presence. India and China are thus viewed in the literature in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697087
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The deepening China Brazil economic relationship
Whalley, John; Medianu, Dana - 2010
We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply … international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil … rates suggest that China will become the dominant trade partner for Brazil surprisingly soon. -- economic relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008806619
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Did Chinese outward activity attenuate or aggravate the Great Recession in developing countries?
Gawellek, Bastian; Lyu, Jingjing; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2016
Using data on Chinese large-scale overseas investment and project contracts by sector, we analyze whether Chinese outward activity (COA) before the crisis worsened or alleviated the contractionary phases in developing countries. We find that, on average, COA did not increase vulnerability to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420791
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Promotion of trade and Investments between China and India : the case of Southwest China and East and Northeast India
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath (contributor);  … - 2005
Open regionalism and integration between the world’s two largest developing countries - the People’s Republic of China … (China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic … economic integration between China and India involving common neighbouring countries could be increasing. This paper discusses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003113285
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Confucius Institute, Belt and Road Initiative, and internationalization
Wang, Hao; Han, Yonghui; Fidrmuc, Jan; Wei, Dongming - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München / Center for …; … - 2020
In this paper, we study the role of Confucius Institute in supporting internationalization of Chinese enterprises. Employing a panel dataset containing 66 Belt-Road countries and 75 non Belt-Road countries from 2006 to 2017, we find that the Confucius Institute has had a positive effect on...
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