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Aid Flows and Growth Diagnosis: Empirical Evidence for A Panel of ECOWAS Countries

Eregha, P. B. - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 4, pp. 2627-2633

This article investigates if the stability of aid flows has an impact on investment and economic growth for the … that foreign aid has a positive and significant impact on investment, but a negative impact on economic growth. The … uncertainty variable has a negative and statistically significant impact on both economic growth and investment …

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Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers: Empirical evidence from Cambodia

Cheng, Savuth - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 3, pp. 2015-2025

This paper investigates productivity spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the host country. By using firm …

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Economic Freedom and Indian Outward Foreign Direct Investment: An Empirical Analysis

Anwar, Amar Iqbal; Mughal, Mazhar - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 4, pp. 2991-3007

This study examines the role economic freedom plays in attracting Indian outward foreign direct investment to various … countries. Investments by Indian multinationals to various continents are studied along with aggregate investment outflows …

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The remittance behaviour of African diaspora in Belgium

Bettin, Giulia - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 2, pp. 157-157

The Belgium International Remittance Senders Household Survey (IRSHS) is employed to investigate the factors influencing remittance behaviour of the African diaspora in Belgium. The rich information contained in the dataset makes it possible to include both senders' and recipients'...

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Motives to remit: some microeconomic evidence from Pakistan

Anwar, Amar Iqbal; Mughal, Mazhar Yaseen - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 1, pp. 574-585

the remittances sent back by Pakistanis living abroad. However, co-insurance and investment may also have played some role …

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Multinational firms and FDI destinations: what explains the productivity gap?

Grasseni, Mara; Comi, Simona - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 1, pp. 721-728

This paper deals with the issue of the heterogeneity of productivity among three different groups of multinational firms according to where they invest. We use the procedure developed by Di Nardo et al (1996) and Melly (2005) to decompose the productivity gap across the entire productivity...

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Are exporters and multinational firms more resilient over a crisis? First evidence for manufacturing enterprises in Italy

Amendola, Adalgiso; Ferragina, Anna Maria; Pittiglio, … - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 3, pp. 1914-1926

The 2008 crisis has called to further investigate the impact of global engagement on firm performance. We focus on the link between Italian firms' involvement in international activities and their heterogenous performance in terms of survival in the context of the recent crisis. This topic has...

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Determinants of international migrations to Italian provinces

Morettini, Gabriele; Presbitero, Andrea F.; Tamberi, Massimo - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 2, pp. 1604-1617

International migration flows constitute one of the most policy-relevant elements of modern economies. The Italian experience is a case of particular interest given the rapid growth of immigration flows, the large number of countries of origin involved, and regional economic heterogeneity. This...

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Migration and unemployment duration in OECD countries: A dynamic panel analysis

Fromentin, Vincent - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 2, pp. 1113-1124

This paper examines whether immigration has a positive influence on the duration of unemployment from a macroeconomic perspective. The integration of immigrants into the labor market is a recurrent topic in literature on the economic consequences of immigration, and it is a central concern to...

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Immigration with imperfect competition: a comment

Atsumi, Toshihiro - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 3, pp. 2624-2628

Chao and Yu (2002) study immigration impact in a host country in the presence of imperfect competition. In their two sector model, when the monopolized non-traded service sector is skilled labor intensive, skilled labor immigration improves the welfare of the host country residents but unskilled...

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