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The Linkages between FDI and Domestic Investment: Unravelling the Developmental Impact of Foreign Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ndikumana, Leonce; Verick, Sher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
While the recent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) to African countries is a welcome development, the … the impact of FDI on development is through its effects on domestic factor markets, especially domestic investment and … employment. In this context, this study analyses the two-way linkages between FDI and domestic investment in Sub-Saharan Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763464
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The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Flows to the Federal Region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas; Davis, Rhona - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased dramatically in the last two decades. However, the … distribution of FDI is highly unequal and the competition among countries to attract foreign investors is fierce. This report … investigates the determinants of FDI inflows to developing countries in general and to the Federal Region of Kurdistan (FRK) in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762073
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African Leaders: Their Education Abroad and FDI Flows
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
essential for a country’s economic growth. Our hypothesis is that foreign-educated leaders attract more FDI to their country …. Our rationale is that education obtained abroad encompasses a whole slew of factors that can make a difference in FDI … significant determinant of FDI inflows, beyond other standard characteristics. While intuitive, this result does not necessarily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765229
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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the … varies by sector, FDI source, business environment (corruption, red tape, level of development), firm's distance to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884338
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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Emerging Market Economies
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the host country … hypothesis that spillovers are greater for FDI with more advanced technology. While efficiency of domestic firms’ is affected by … the business environment, the strength of FDI spillovers is not, either when measured by the degree of corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763586
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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723562
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Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms: Evidence from Eastern Europe and Latin America
Campos, Nauro F.; Kinoshita, Yuko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
determinants of FDI inflows based on newly constructed dataset on structural reforms for 19 Latin American and 25 Eastern European … countries between 1989 and 2004. Our main finding is a strong empirical relationship from reforms to FDI, in particular, from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761719
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Globalization and Innovation in Emerging Markets
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging market economies to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using recent data on firms in 27 transition economies, we test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703100
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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers
Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We establish that domestically owned firms in two alternative models of emerging market economies, the Czech Republic and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the distance of domestic firms to the frontier grew (in all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762398
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FDI and Wages: Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008
Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Álmos; Antal, Gábor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We estimate the wage effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) with universal firm-level and linked employer … strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884343