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Agglomeration economies and the location of foreign direct investment: quasi-experimental evidence from Romania

Hilber, Christian A. L.; Voicu, Ioan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

and economic transition in Romania. The recent, sudden and sustained influx of foreign investors into Romania provides an …

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Predicting violence within genocides: meso-level evidence from Rwanda

McDoom, Omar Shahabudin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

Can we predict when and where violence will break out within cases of genocide? Given often weak political will to respond, knowing where to strategically prioritize limited resources is valuable information for international decision makers contemplating intervention. I develop a theoretical...

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When the claim hits: bilateral investment treaties and bounded rational learning

Poulsen, Lauge N. Skovgaard; Aisbett, Emma - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Using the international investment regime as its point of departure, the paper applies notions of bounded rationality to the study of economic diplomacy. Through a multi-method approach, it shows that developing countries often ignored the risks of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) until they...

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Financial institutions and the wealth of nations: tales of development

Tong, Jian; Chenggang, Xu - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

Interactions between economic development and financial development are studied by looking at the roles of financial institutions in selecting R&D projects (including for both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the evolution of the financing regimes. The...

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The Emergence of Regional Policy in Bulgaria: regional problems, EU influences and domestic constraints

Monastiriotis, Vassilis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

In most of the European transition economies regional policy is a relatively new phenomenon, given the absence of a … develop also in the transition period. This was in many respects due to the relative hysteresis of the transition process in … processes of transition and fast economic growth. Nevertheless (or, as a consequence), the emerging regional policy framework in …

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