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Trade Imbalances and the Political Economy of a Transitional Fund in the EAC
Shams, Rasul - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003
The EAC is on the verge of establishing a customs union. But this is accompanied by fears that the Customs Union would lead to trade imbalances among the Partner States, which would create serious problems for the proper functioning of the Customs Union itself. To mitigate these problems the...
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Regional integration in developing countries : some lessons based on case studies
Shams, Rasul - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003
The main focus of this paper is the question if the success of regional integration organisation in developing countries is, in fact, dependent on factors like similarity of their economic structure, market size or lack of committment. It is shown that there are also other more important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957372
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Globalisation and Governance: Contradictions of Neo-Liberal Migration Management
Overbeek, Henk - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002
Neo-liberal globalisation has primarily entailed the liberalisation of trade and capital flows, but largely ignored the … issue of labour mobility. Most literature on the political economy of globalisation likewise ignores global labour mobility …. This paper first asks how globalisation affects human mobility. The conclusion is that globalisation integrates the world …
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German FDI and Integration of Production in the EU
Keller, Dietmar; Jungnickel, Rolf - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003
In this paper, we investigate internationalization strategies of German manufacturing firms in the European Union. We give reasons for the hypothesis that traditional market strategies had been replaced by border-crossing production networking based on the comparative advantage of host countries...
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The Drive to Economic Integration in Africa
Shams, Rasul - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005
In Africa there has been an immense effort in the past, continuing into the present, to unite politically and to build numerous economic integration areas. In this paper we discuss the reasons for the existence of this phenomenon in Africa which we call the drive to political and economic...
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Why do countries form regions? The political economy of regional integration
Shams, Rasul - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002
To understand the reasons for the formation of regional economic groupings two basic concepts are introduced: association and dissociation. Moreover, the importance of interest groups and strategic groups is discussed, and security and bargaining power as basic political motivations are...
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Democracy and FDI
Busse, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003
Many believe that multinational enterprises insensitively ignore political rights and civil liberties in the countries of their investments. Frequently, non-governmental organisations accuse multinationals of fostering repressive regimes in developing countries and consider foreign direct...
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Political Risk, Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment
Hefeker, Carsten; Busse, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005
The paper explores the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows. Using different econometric techniques for a data sample of 83 developing countries and the period 1984 to 2003, we identify those indicators that matter most for the activities of...
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Internationalisierung der Dienstleistungserstellung : Konsequenzen für den schweizerischen Arbeitsmarkt
Henneberger, Fred; Ziegler, Alexandre - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001
Dieser Beitrag untersucht die potentiellen Beschäftigungseffekte von Direktinvestitionen der Unternehmen des Dienstleistungssektors für die Schweiz. In einer theoretischen Perspektive werden zunächst die Konsequenzen der Besonderheiten von Dienstleistungsgütern gegenüber Industriegütern...
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The impact of optimal tariffs and taxes on agglomeration
Ross, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002
This paper extends an economic geography model by tariffs to analyze their impact on welfare and sustainability of agglomerations. Policies with and without cooperation are compared, with the goal of maximizing aggregated welfare in the former and regional welfare in the latter case. The main...
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