This chapter looks briefly at some of the factors involved in financial centre development and in the competition to be one of the leading, global financial centres. Overall, the conclusion which emerges is that the development of financial centres is an evolutionary process of strategically...

This paper examines theoretically and empirically the extent to which the decision by foreign firms to invest in a group of countries is influenced by economic factors, as opposed to political risk and institutional performance. We consider the importance of these factors as drivers of foreign...

This paper examines theoretically and empirically the extent to which the decisions by foreign firms to invest in a group of countries are influenced by economic factors, as opposed to political risk and institutional factors. We test our hypotheses on 35 European countries by means of panel...

Wissenschaftler untersuchen seit langem den Einfluss institutioneller Faktoren des Gastlandes auf Standortentscheidungen multinationaler Unternehmen für ausländische Direktinvestitionen (FDI). In dieser Studie wird die Beziehung zwischen zwei institutionellen Faktoren, Demokratie und...

We provide evidence indicating that countries with well-developed social security systems do not necessarily face a trade-off between social spending and competitiveness. On average, countries that spend a lot on social needs score well in the competitiveness league. We investigate the...

Given the uncertain outcome for regional trade arrangements and given the need for improved international competitiveness due to ongoing globalization it seems advisable to promote at a national level those policies which might help to enhance both integration into the regional and world...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen internationalem Handel, dynamischen Wettbewerb und nationaler B eschäftigungsstruktur anhand einer Bestandsaufnahme der empirischen Literatur für Deutschland. Untersuchungen der relativen Güterpreisentwicklung im internationalen Handel...