FDI ends up in China, putting the cohesion of the EU at stake and triggering a regional race within China. … integration will trigger a race between countries to attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI). It is further argued that … inward FDI (the 'elements' of the race) deviate from those of long-term efforts to develop a favourable investment climate …

We provide facts showing that in service markets: (i) restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) are under reform …, (ii) cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions dominate as the entry mode of FDI, and (iii) there is often a high market …. In this vein, harmonization of the EU takeover regulations may particularly benefit assets owners in countries with many …

– could be an important part of a reform agenda. Adopting a Southern perspective by focusing on exports from non-EU … Mediterranean countries to the EU, we test whether the efficiency of trade procedures affects (i) bilateral volumes of exports, and …

both tariff and non-tariff barriers like trade procedures. We argue that since trade procedures vary markedly across EU … countries, the EU is not, strictly speaking, a customs union. To illustrate this, we estimate the impact of trade procedures on … exports from non-EU countries and find a highly statistically significant and negative effect. Simulating what the effects …

This paper examines whether and, if so, why source country heterogeneity exists in foreign direct investment (FDI …