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European FDI strategies in Mercosur countries

Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2001

Mercosur countries have witnessed a boom of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows since the early 1990s. However, regional integration, viewed in isolation, was not sufficient for the subregion to regain its attractiveness to FDI. FDI growth in individual Mercosur countries was closely related...

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Some consequences of globalization for developing countries

Gundlach, Erich; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 1996

Globalization improves the prospects for developing countries (DCs) to catch up economically with industrialized … countries. Depending on economic policies with respect to openness and factor accumulation, globalization may increase capital … world economy. Nevertheless, many observers draw an overly pessimistic picture of the perspectives of DCs in the era of …

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The impact of trade and trade policy on the environment and the climate : a review

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peterson, Sonja; Wanner, Joschka - 2022

While international trade can offer gains from specialization and access to a wider range of products, it is also closely interlinked with global environmental problems, above all, anthropogenic climate change. This survey provides a structured overview of the economic literature on the...

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Exporters in the financial crisis

Görg, Holger; Spaliara, Marina-Eliza - 2014

Using a large panel of UK manufacturing firms over the period 2000—2009, we consider how firms responded during the most recent financial crisis, estimating models for export market participation decisions and firm growth and survival. The results indicate that financial variables are highly...

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Trade protection during the crisis : does it deter foreign direct investment?

Görg, Holger; Labonte, Philipp - 2011

This paper looks empirically at the implications that protectionist measures implemented during the current crisis may have had for a country’s ability to attract foreign direct investment. The research utilizes data on such measures that is available from Global Trade Alert, combined with...

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Assessing the allocation of aid : developmental concerns and the self-interest of donors

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer; Triveño, Luis; … - 2005

measured by the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA). If the CPIA is replaced by the Kaufmann index …

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On the robustness of marginal abatement cost curves : the influence of world energy prices

Klepper, Gernot (contributor); Peterson, Sonja (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Can trade really hurt? : An empirical follow-up on Samuelson's controversial paper

Bitzer, Jürgen (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor); … - 2008

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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Firms' global engagement and management practices

Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2017

We investigate whether firms' "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. We use new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of management practices in Germany. We calculate...

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COVID-19 and the case for global development

Oldekop, Johan A.; Horner, Rory; Hulme, David; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 134 (2020), pp. 1-4

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