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Algeria; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper for Algeria analyzes the potential economic impact of Algeria’s Association Agreement with the European Union (AAEU). The paper lays out the major elements of Algeria’s AAEU and makes a comparison with other AAEUs. It discusses the potential economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244528
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Financial Globalization and the Governance of Domestic Financial Intermediaries
Tressel, Thierry; Verdier, Thierry - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
the general equilibrium effects of capital flows (portfolio investments and loans, FDI) on the governance of domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248244
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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa; Some Case Studies
Basu, Anupam; Srinivasan, Krishna - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
countries in Africa have achieved in attracting a substantial volume of FDI. Strong leadership, which has helped promote …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248318
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FDI and the Investment Climate in the CIS Countries
Shiells, Clinton R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
In view of disappointing levels of inward foreign direct investment (FDI), this paper examines capital flows into the … projects, large privatization transactions, and debt/equity swaps to pay for energy supplies. Low FDI inflows despite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248333
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Lao People's Democratic Republic; Recent Economic Developments
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2000
This report discusses major developments in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), and updates the statistical tables on recent economic developments and provides an overview of the real sector. Factors that have limited revenue collections and developments in the monetary and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252622
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Multinational Affiliates and Local Financial Markets
Sayek, Selin; Lehmann, Alexander; Kang, Hyoung Goo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
-border component of foreign direct investment (FDI). The extent of financial leverage through local debt is positively related to host …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263683
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Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth; Firm-Level Evidence From the United States
Yeaple, Stephen R.; Keller, Wolfgang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
(FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity … gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 11 percent of … is weaker than for FDI spillovers. The paper also gives a detailed account of why our study leads to results different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263684
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Why Does Fdi Go Where it Goes? New Evidence From the Transition Economies
Kinoshita, Yuko; Campos, Nauro F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper examines the importance of agglomeration economies and institutions vis-a-vis initial conditions and factor endowments in explaining the locational choice of foreign investors. Using a unique panel data set for 25 transition economies between 1990 and 1998, we find that the main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263716
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Do Macroeconomic Effects of Capital Controls Vary by their Type? Evidence From Malaysia
Tamirisa, Natalia T. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper examines how the macroeconomic effects of capital controls vary depending on which type of international financial transaction they cover. Drawing on Malaysia's experiences in regulating the capital account during the 1990s, it finds, in an error-correction model, that capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263719
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The Chinese Approach to Capital Inflows; Patterns and Possible Explanations
Wei, Shang-Jin; Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
of volumes and composition. China's inflows have generally been dominated by foreign direct investment (FDI), a pattern … attributable to non-FDI capital inflows, rather than current account surpluses or FDI. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263846