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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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Why do banks go abroad? : evidence from German data

Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign activities of German banks. We use regionally disaggregated panel data for the years 1981-98 and distinguish foreign direct investment from total foreign assets of domestic banks, of their foreign branches and their...

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FDI and income inequality : evidence from Europe

Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2011

inequality in Europe, (2) the long-run effect of FDI on inequality, however, is negative on average, (3) long-run causality runs … ; panel co-integration ; Europe …

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European integration deepening and widening : implications for Asia

Langhammer, Rolf J. - 1998

), trade resistance factors on the EU import side can be explained mainly by slow growth in Europe in the first half of the … nineties rather than by SMP-induced trade barriers. Concerning integration widening toward Central and Eastern Europe (CEE … of the Europe Agreements. As trade overlaps between Asian and CEE supply on EU markets are low, the trade diversion fear …

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Globalization and the markups of European firms

Békés, Gábor; Hornok, Cecília; Muraközy, Balázs - 2016

We use a unique cross-section survey of manufacturing firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain) linked with balance sheet data to study the relationship between key aspects of globalization and firm-level markups. The main results are: (i) Exporting is positively...

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Does the East get what would otherwise flow to the South? : FDI diversion in Europe

Buch, Claudia M.; Kokta, Robert M.; Piazolo, Daniel - 2001

This paper examines the FDI flows towards two regions in the periphery of Europe: the Central and Eastern European … countries (CEECs) and the countries of Southern Europe. We investigate whether evidence exists for FDI diversion from Southern … Europe to the CEECs. A cursory observation of recent FDI trends might give rise to such claims of diversion. On the basis of …

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Hidden defaults

Horn, Sebastian; Reinhart, Carmen M.; Trebesch, Christoph - 2022

China’s lending boom to developing countries is morphing into defaults and debt distress. Given the secrecy surrounding China’s loans, also the associated defaults remain “hidden”, as missed payments and restructuring details are not disclosed. We construct an encompassing dataset of...

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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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Financing for development : the gap between words and deeds since Monterrey

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2011

of donor generosity, aid effectiveness and new means of financing. However, the development orientation of world leaders …

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More stringent BITs, less ambiguous effects on FDI? : Not a Bit!

Berger, Axel; Busse, Matthias; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, … - 2010

We focus on investor-state dispute settlement provisions contained in various, though far from all, bilateral investment treaties as a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our estimation results prove to be sensitive to the specification of these provisions as well...

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