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High Growth and Low Consumption in East Asia; How to Improve Welfare While Avoiding Financial Failures
Rochon, Céline; Feltenstein, Andrew; Shamloo, Maral - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
, loosely based upon China. We calibrate a benchmark equilibrium, and carry out various counterfactual simulations to analyze …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825678
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Determinants of, and the Relation Between, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth; A Summary of the Recent Literature
Lim, Ewe-Ghee - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper summarizes recent arguments/findings on two aspects of foreign direct investment (FDI): its correlation with economic growth and its determinants. The first part focuses on recent literature regarding positive spillovers from FDI while the second deals with the determinants of FDI....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769019
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The Effect of Capital Controlson Foreign Direct Investment Decisions Under Country Risk with Intangible Assets
Elo, Kinga Z. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper examines how capital controls affect FDI decisions and how the impact of these restrictive measures varies with different levels of country risk. We construct a model of firms' FDI decisions, broadly in Dunning's "eclectic theory" framework, using "real options" to emphasize economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769054
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FDI Flows to Asia; Did the Dragon Crowd Out the Tigers?
Mercereau, Benoît - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
China's dramatic success in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) has raised concerns that it has success diverted … impact of China's emergence on FDI flows to Asia using data from 14 Asian economies from 1984 to 2002. The results suggest … that China did not have much impact on FDI to other countries. In particular, lowincome economies, which compete with China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769097
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Clusters As a Driving Engine for FDI
Yehoue, Etienne B. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This paper develops a model that highlights the importance of clusters for attracting foreign direct investment. It shows from a game theoretical perspective how the combination of setting up a cluster and implementing policy reforms will be a key engine for attracting FDI. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604916
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Trade Costs and Location of Foreign Firms in China
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
entry matters more than access to the rest of China, which is consistent with market fragmentation due to underdeveloped …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605161
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The Role of Risk and Information for International Capital Flows; New Evidence from the SDDS
Hashimoto, Yuko; Wacker, Konstantin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
In this paper we investigate whether better information about the macroeconomic environment of an economy has a positive impact on its capital inflows, namely portfolio and foreign direct investment (FDI). The purpose of our study is to explicitly quantify information asymmetries by compliance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242433
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Japan; Financial Sector Assessment Program—Technical Note on Credit Intermediation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This paper is an analysis of Japan’s credit channel. The economic condition has no hindrance, but credit demand showed an inert performance. The state’s policies have helped the flow of finance and prevent bankruptcy, but several other aspects act as an impediment to credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244991
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Macro Effects of Corporate Restructuring in Japan
Kim, Se-Jik - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper presents a framework for quantitatively evaluating the macroeconomic effects of corporate restructuring and applies it to Japan. Using firm-level financial statement data, it estimates total factor productivity (TFP) of individual Japanese firms. Given the estimated distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248188
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Microfinance in Africa; Experience and Lessons From Selected African Countries
Blavy, Rodolphe; Basu, Anupam; Yülek, Murat  - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
Based on the experience of selected countries, this paper offers a critical presentation of the development of the microfinance sector in Africa. The paper supports the view that microfinance institutions, especially those engaged in full financial intermediation, complement effectively the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263661