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Assessing the Advantages of EMU-Enlargement for the EU and the Accession Countries: A Comparative Indicator Approach
Schweickert, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
The paper takes into account both the concerns of the EU, arguing that convergence is incomplete, and the demands from … accession countries, claiming that monetary integration is optimal. Indicators are developed which measure convergence and … benefits from monetary integration. The more serious problem is a lack of convergence which could imply serious risks during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076110
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The Effects of Greenfield FDI and Cross-border M&As on Total Factor Productivity
Ashraf, Ayesha; Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Based on original survey data, this paper analyses and compares the role of personal traits and social capital in determining entrepreneurial intentions of students in Hong Kong and in Guangzhou (mainland China). The two cities are culturally closely related but differ strongly with respect to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886865
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The Optimal Transfer of Capital and Embodied Technologies to Developing Countries
Hübler, Michael; Lontzek, Thomas S. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
intertemporal global welfare maximization. Convergence of the growth rates of technical change in the North and South always occurs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818868
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Avoiding the Trap: The Dynamic Interaction of North-South Capital Mobility and Technology Diffusion
Hübler, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
This paper analyzes a stylized model of international capital mobility and diffusion of embodied technologies from North to South. The South can fall behind in terms of technologies or get trapped in a situation, in which it is unable to attract foreign capital and embodied technologies, if its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076090
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Catching up of Emerging Economies: The Role of Capital Goods Imports, FDI Inflows, Domestic Investment and Absorptive Capacity
Glas, Alexander; Hübler, Michael; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
We assess the role of capital goods imports and inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) as transmission channels through which major emerging economies (BRICs, i.e., Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China) could catch up with advanced source countries in terms of total factor...
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Southern enlargement of the European Union and capital account liberalization: Lessons for Central and Eastern Europe
Buch, Claudia M.; Heinrich, Ralph P.; Piazolo, Daniel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
The integration of the central and eastern European countries into the international capital markets has been and will be determined by the process of European Union (EU) integration. Our analysis shows that southern and eastern European countries already appear to be surprisingly similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276349
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Wohlfahrtseffekte einer nordatlantischen Handelsliberalisierung
Lübcke, Britta; Piazolo, Daniel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
Many WTO countries continue to deepen and widen regional economic Integration - despite already low rates of most-favored-nation tariffs in most cases. This paper discusses the possible welfare-increasing effects of trade liberalization between the European Union (EU) and the North American Free...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276470
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Economic integration and FDI: an empirical analysis of foreign investment in the EU and in Central and Eastern Europe
Brenton, Paul; DiMauro, Francesca; Lücke, Matthias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
Recent evidence suggests that regional economic integration provides an important stimulus not only to trade, but also to FDI. In contrast, the available theory on FDI does not yet provide empirically testable propositions on the effects of concurrent trade and investment liberalisation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277655
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Ist diesmal alles anders? Die neue Welle regionaler Integration in Lateinamerika aus europäischer Perspektive
Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
Die neue Welle des Regionalismus in Lateinamerika bietet mehr als alten Wein in neuen Schläuchen. Dennoch drohen hohe Erwartungen enttäuscht zu werden, die in die regionale Integration gesetzt werden. Die Entwicklung der ausländischen Direktinvestitionen in Lateinamerika in den neunziger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755159
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Capital and Trade Flows in Europe and the Impact of Enlargement
Buch, Claudia M.; Piazolo, Daniel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2000
The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet empirical evidence on the possible magnitudes is still scarce. This paper uses four different datasets to estimate the determinants of international asset holdings and trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755226