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empirical research on aid allocation by employing Poisson estimations on the determinants of the World Bank's choice of project … locations at the district level in India. The evidence of needs-based location choices is very weak, even though World Bank … or district level. However, the World Bank prefers districts where foreign direct investors may benefit from projects …
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There is a startling gap between, allegedly, globalization-induced changes in international competition for foreign … its relevance well before globalization became a hotly debated issue. …
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globalization. We apply correlation and regression analyses in order to test this proposition for German direct investments in … Globalisierung nachhaltig verändert haben. Diese These wird am Beispiel der deutschen Direktinvestitionen in Entwicklungs- und …
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The activities of multinational enterprises drive the economic globalization process to a very large degree. This paper … lists some facts about their dominant role in all channels of globalization. Therefore, the importance of multinational …' activities in the analysis of the globalization process. …
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This paper aims at overcoming several shortcomings of previous empirical studies on the relationship between IPR protection and FDI. First, FDI is analyzed on a sectorally and regionally disaggregated level. Second, we address the proposition that stronger IPR protection raises not only the...
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This paper brings forward a three-country model to analyze the internationalization process in the age of globalization …
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This paper investigates Samuelson's (JEP, 2004) argument that technical progress of the trade partner may hurt the home country. We illustrate this prospect in a simple Ricardian model for sitations with outward knowledge spillovers. Within this framework Samuelson's Act II effects may occur....
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Der Beitrag analysiert die internationalen Produktionsverlagerungen und Investitionsverflechtungen in der Automobilindustrie, um die These zu überprüfen, dass es selbst bei der Herstellung relativ wissensund technologieintensiver Güter zu einem nachdrängenden Wettbewerb aus Ländern mit...
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) of Germany in Latin America reveals various peculiarities that may shape future … investment relations. However, two major concerns are largely unfounded: - In contrast to widespread fears in Germany, FDI … globalization. Much depends on whether Latin American host countries succeed in improving international competitiveness in …
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Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the increasing importance of MNE networks. These hypotheses are...
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