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The Impact of Transparency on Foreign Direct Investment

Drabek, Zdenek; Payne, Warren - In: Journal of Economic Integration 17 (2002), pp. 777-810

Non-transparency is a term given in this paper to a set of government policies that increase the risk and uncertainty faced by economic actors (foreign investors). The higher in risk and uncertainty stem from the presence of bribery and corruption, unstable economic policies, weak and poorly...

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Assessing the Case for Extending WTO Disciplines on Investment-Related Policies

Hoekman, Bernard; Saggi, Kamal - In: Journal of Economic Integration 15 (2000), pp. 629-653

In this paper we evaluate the potential benefits of international disciplines on policies towards foreign direct investment, paying particular attention to developing countries. We conclude that, at present, the case for initiating negotiations on investment policies is weak. Negotiations that...

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Design of an Antidumping Rule with Incomplete Information about Material Injury

Kohler, Philippe; O. Moore, Michael - In: Journal of Economic Integration 13 (1998), pp. 62-88

antidumping petitions. We focus on the use, by the domestic firm, of private information about injury in order to obtain higher … using a mix of lump-sum compensation, domestic unit taxes and antidumping duties rather than just import duties … antidumping rule will induce the domestic firm to tell the truth about the level of material injury. …

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Strategic Buying or Selling?: The Behavior ofVertically-Integrated Firms in the IntermediateGoods Market

Wang, Kuang-Cheng; Koo, Hui-Wen - In: Journal of Economic Integration 20 (2005), pp. 366-382

This paper considers a successive oligopoly model in which a vertically-intergrated firm(VI firm) can buy or sell intermediate goods. We find that when there are only a small number of VI firms in the market, they tend to buyor even to store up intermediate goods. In our setting, a vertical...

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The Determinants of Small Firm Growth in the Greek Manufacturing Sector

Agiomirgianakis, G.; Asteriou, D. - In: Journal of Economic Integration 18 (2003), pp. 817-836

The aim of this paper is twofold; first, to identify the variables that mostly affect rapid sales growth in Greek manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); second, to examine the potential influence upon business growth and performance outcomes of those variables representing...

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Is Openness Good for Stagnation?

Johdo, Wataru - In: Journal of Economic Integration 23 (2008), pp. 24-41

Using a symmetric multi-country model that allows for the possibility of stagnation, this paper analyzes the effects of openness on effective demand. A regime shift from autarky to free trade boosts the value of consumption utility by expanding the range of consumption goods available to people...

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Effects of Liberalization on Domestic Product Quality

Kabiraj, Tarun; Roy, Soma - In: Journal of Economic Integration 21 (2006), pp. 273-293

In a model of vertical product differentiation we study the impact of liberalization on the choice of the product quality of a local monopolist. We show that under liberalization as one foreign firm enters with a superior quality, the local firm will reduce its quality level unless the foreign...

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Integration Magnifies Locational Subsidy Effects and Cross-Border Ownership?

Johdo, Wataru - In: Journal of Economic Integration 28 (2013), pp. 650-667

This paper investigates the welfare effects of an increase in location subsidy by constructing a general equilibrium linear space model, including transport costs and the cross-border ownership of equities. We assume a market structure with monopolistic competition in which entry is restricted...

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Bridging Iranian Exporters with Foreign Markets : Does Diaspora Matter?

Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim; Mirjalili, Seyed Hossein - In: Journal of Economic Integration 31 (2016) 3, pp. 609-630

After matching a rich micro-level Iranian customs dataset with a macro-level cross-country database on Iranian diaspora stocks, we establish that diaspora matters for dynamics of Iranian exporters. We document the extent to which Iranian emigrants foster exports through both intensive and...

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Firm Location when Countries Differ in Infrastructures or Incomes

M. Martín-Arroyuelos, Ana; M. Usategu, José - In: Journal of Economic Integration 15 (2000), pp. 294-313

This paper analyzes, in a linear market with two adjacent countries, how firm location and optimal plant size depend on differences in the quality of infrastructures and income levels between countries. The study considers also how a free trade agreement may change, in this context where...

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