Since March 1973 virtually all major currencies or currency blocs have been floating. As a result - so it seemed - controls over international capital movements would become less important. But any hopes for a lasting liberalization of capital movements at flexible rates of exchange must be kept...

Foreign investors in Malaysia were greatly disquieted when the Petroleum Development (Amendment) Act, 1975, and the Industrial Coordination Act were passed by the Malaysian Parllament. Both these enactments and the re-formulated Standard Conditions for Foreign Investments are Indicative of the...

Academic thinking on foreign direct investment has evolved over the years. This paper reviews this evolution for its usefulness in understanding EU-Chinese investment relations today. It then explores the idea of a new dynamic policy regime as a more appropriate means to address the complex...

Increasing global capital flows are principally beneficial for the improved international allocation of capital, credit and risks, but this process is not without risks for global financial stability. Expanded global monitoring of international capital flows should deepen our knowledge of the...