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Taxation and Corporate Debt: Are Banks any Different?
Heckemeyer, Jost; Mooij, Ruud A. de - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
conditional leverage distribution. For nonbanks, we find a U-shaped relationship between asset size and tax responsiveness …, although this pattern does not hold universally across the conditional leverage distribution. For banks, in contrast, the tax … high conditional leverage ratios feature a significant, positive tax response. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790235
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Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms; Evidence From Eastern Europe and Latin America
Kinoshita, Yuko; Campos, Nauro F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper investigates the role of structural reforms -financial reforms, trade liberalization, and privatization- as 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826274
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FDI from BRICs to LICs; Emerging Growth Driver?
Mlachila, Montfort; Takebe, Misa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
FDI-flows from Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs). The paper finds that official data sources undoubtedly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203549
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Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Investment; The Case of Developing Countries
Al-sadiq, Ali J - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Over the past two decades, the growth rate of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing and transition economies has increased significantly. Given the role of physical capital accumulation in determining the economic growth rate, it is important to assess how domestic investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242197
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Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment; A Sectoral and Institutional Approach
Yu, Jiangyan; Walsh, James P - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Using a dataset which breaks down FDI flows into primary, secondary and tertiary sector investments and a GMM dynamic approach to address concerns about endogeneity, the paper analyzes various macroeconomic, developmental, and institutional/qualitative determinants of FDI in a sample of emerging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646411
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FDI Spillovers, Financial Markets and Economic Development
Sayek, Selin; Alfaro, Laura; Chanda, Areendam; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper examines the role financial markets play in the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic development. We model an economy with a continuum of agents indexed by their level of ability. Agents can either work for the foreign company or undertake entrepreneurial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768918
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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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Foreign Direct Investment in Southeastern Europe; How (And How Much) Can Policies Help?
Ribakova, Elina; Horváth, Balázs; Demekas, Dimitri G.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Gravity factors explain a large part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Southeastern Europe-a region not comprehensively covered before in econometric studies-but hostcountry policies also matter. Key are policies that affect relative unit labor costs, the corporate tax burden,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599586
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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