latest wave of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Australia has been by Chinese firms, and largely by state-owned enterprises … controversial and has exposed some of the shortcomings in Australia's foreign investment review process. This paper evaluates … Australia's foreign investment regime, and pays particular attention to the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). Questions …

instability, and openness, in determining intra-FDI inflows in the ASEAN countries, China, Japan, and Korea. Our empirical results … show that openness, exchange rates, exchange rate volatility, per capita GDP, and foreign reserve accumulation are … not significant. Variables like openness and exchange rate volatility have direct implications for regional FTAs and …

This paper examines the strategic nature of choice of environmental standards under different degrees of openness of …

condition to achieve good governance and high growth. Openness acts as a disciplining force on government regardless of whether …