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How Do Climate Shocks Affect the Impact of FDI, ODA and Remittances on Economic Growth?

Drabo, Alassane - 2022

The three main financial inflows to developing countries have largely increased during the last two decades, despite the large debate in the literature regarding their effects on economic growth which is not yet clear-cut. An emerging literature investigates the dependence of their effects on...

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Measuring Carbon Emissions of Foreign Direct Investment in Host Economies

Borga, Maria; Egesa, Kenneth; Legoff, Gregory; Pegoue, … - 2022

This paper presents estimates of the carbon emissions of FDI from capital formation funded by FDI and the production of … foreign-controlled firms. The carbon intensity of capital formation financed by FDI has trended down, driven by reductions in … greater than those from their capital formation. High emission intensities were accompanied by high export intensities in …

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Foreign Direct Investment in New Member State of the EU and Western Balkans : Taking Stock and Assessing Prospects

Jirasavetakul, La-Bhus Fah - 2018

products that are considered more technology-intensive. As these countries face skills shortage and rising wages, what is …

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External Financing Risks : How Important is the Composition of the International Investment Position?

Cubeddu, Luis; Ahmed Hannan, Swarnali; Rabanal, Pau - 2021

Building on the vast literature, this paper focuses on the role of the structure of the international investment position (IIP) in affecting countries' external vulnerabilities. Using a sample of 73 advanced and emerging economies and new database on the IIP's currency composition, we find that...

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The Role of E-Government in Promoting Foreign Direct Investment Inflows

Al-Sadiq, Ali J. - 2021

technology play a large role in improving the quality of public services in terms of time, cost, and interface with the public …

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The Role of Risk and Information for International Capital Flows : New Evidence from the SDDS

Hashimoto, Yūko - 2012

In this paper we investigate whether better information about the macroeconomic environment of an economy has a positive impact on its capital inflows, namely portfolio and foreign direct investment (FDI). The purpose of our study is to explicitly quantify information asymmetries by compliance...

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Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Investment : The Case of Developing Countries

Al-Sadiq, Ali J. - 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...

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Safe-Haven Korea? : Spillover Effects from UMPs

Ree, Jack - 2014

We examine how Korea's capital flows and trade have been affected by the quantitative easing (QE) of the United States and the quantitative and qualitative easing (QQME) of Japan. Korea is an intriguing case due to its borderline position between advanced and emerging market country groups, and...

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The Quest for Non-Resource-Based FDI : Do Taxes Matter?

Kinda, Tidiane - 2014

Using manufacturing and services firm-level data for 30 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, this paper shows that taxation is not a significant driver for the location of foreign firms in SSA, while other investment climate factors, such as infrastructure, human capital, and insitutions, are....

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Foreign Investment in Colombia's Financial Sector

Barajas, Adolfo; Steiner, Roberto - 2021

This study analyzes foreign investment in Colombia’s financial system, chronicling major changes in legislation, describing how investment flows evolved over time, and comparing performance of foreign–owned versus domestic banks. Panel data estimations reveal that financial liberalization in...

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