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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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CEO incentive contracts in China: why does city location matter?
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John; Zhou, Minghai - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
: the use of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), and the rate at which state owned … introduction of FDI via SEZs. However, the SEZ effect disappears having accounted for the city-level composition of firms and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884490
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Regional Distribution and Spatial Impact of FDI in Greece: evidence from firm-level data
Monastiriotis, Vassilis; Jordaan, Jacob A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Studies on the productivity spillovers of FDI have concentrated on the national-sectoral level. As a result, little is … known about the impact of FDI on absolute and relative regional economic performance. In this paper we examine this issue by … regions. In this way, despite the tendency of FDI to concentrate in a few only areas within the country –those of the highest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686676
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Strategies and counter-strategies: China in the Andean region of South America
Chimienti, Ádam; Creutzfeldt, Benjamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
By employing a comparative method that analyzes China’s increasing presence in different Latin America countries, this study explores key features and implications of Beijing’s approach towards this region. Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are used as case studies to evaluate China’s diplomatic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186584
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Multinational firms, monopolistic competition and foreign investment uncertainty
Chawla, Arunish - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
FDI option, while growing market size and national income facilitate early exercise. The model is extended to include a … Poisson jump process, which has policy implications for FDI reforms and explains ‘wait and watch’ behaviour of multinational … based on the theory of call options, I solve ‘FDI option’ as a put option, thereby also enriching the theory of real options. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928806
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International financial integration and entrepreneurship
Alfaro, Laura; Charlton, Andrew - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. Using a unique data set of approximately 24 million firms in nearly 100 countries in 1999 and 2004, we find suggestive evidence that international financial integration has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746519
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Innovation drivers, value chains and the geography of multinational firms in European regions
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Pietrobelli, Carlo; Rabellotti, Roberta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
This paper investigates the geography of multinational corporations’ investments in the EU regions. The ‘traditional’ sources of location advantages (i.e. agglomeration economies, market access and labour market conditions) are considered together with innovation and socio-institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071453
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The determinants of cross-border equity flows
Portes, Richard; Rey, Helene - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
We apply a new approach to a new panel data set on bilateral gross cross-border equity flows between 14 countries, 1989-96. The remarkably good results have strong implications for theories of asset trade. We find that the geography of information heavily determines the pattern of international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745965
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Free trade agreements and the consolidation of democracy
Liu, Xuepeng; Ornelas, Emanuel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
We study the relationship between participation in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the sustainability of democracy. Our model shows that FTAs can critically reduce the incentive of authoritarian groups to seek power by destroying protectionist rents, thus making democracies last longer. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884636
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The European Securities and Markets Authority and institutional design for the EU financial market – a tale of two competences: Part (2) rules in action
Moloney, Niamh - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
The purpose of this article, and of its earlier companion article (Part (1) Rule-making, 12 European Business Organization Law Review (2011) p. 41), is to examine the implications of the new European Securities and Markets Authority which was established in January 2011. In the wake of the...
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