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FDI promotion through bilateral investment treaties : more than a bit?
Busse, Matthias (contributor); Königer, Jens (contributor);  … - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … extensive dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003638963
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Investment tax incentives and their big time-to-build fiscal multiplier
Bermperoglou, Dimitrios; Deli, Yota; Kalyvitēs, Sarantēs - 2019
This paper studies how investment tax incentives stimulate output in a medium-scale DSGE model, which allows for a variety of fiscal financing mechanisms. We find that the horizon following a positive shock in investment tax incentives is crucial. The shock is highly expansionary in the long...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133944
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Subsidization and structural change in Eastern German transition : did economic policy meet its objectives?
Gerling, Katja - 2000
Economic policy interventions of a scale as effected in eastern Germany can be expected to have a significant impact on the economy, which may be in accordance with the objectives of the policy measures or manifest itself in distortions of several kinds. This paper analyzes the structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472466
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The impact of public subsidies on venture capital investments in start-up enterprises
Schertler, Andrea - 2000
The relationship between a venture capitalist and an entrepreneur is modeled to investigate the impact of public subsidies on venture capital investments in start-up enterprises. In this model, the venture capitalist only finances start-up enterprises if he has sufficient expertise to make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473820
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Whole versus shared ownership of foreign affiliates
Raff, Horst (contributor); Ryan, Michael (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper studies why multinational firms often share ownership of a foreign affiliate with a local partner even in the absence of government restrictions on ownership. We show that shared ownership may arise, if (i) the partner owns assets that are potentially important for the investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726051
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Can trade really hurt? : An empirical follow-up on Samuelson's controversial paper
Bitzer, Jürgen (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor);  … - 2008
1973 to 2000 we show econometrically that the outflow of domestic knowledge via exports or FDI may have a negative impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003758086
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Firm heterogeneity and choice of ownership structure : an empirical analysis of German FDI in India
Görg, Holger; Lauber, Verena; Meyer, Birgit; … - 2008
firm characteristics for analyzing the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The focus is on the role of … ownership shares in new affiliates. -- Multinational enterprises ; firm characteristics ; Indian locations ; German FDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772206
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China - Understanding a new global economic player
Siebert, Horst - 2006
the two driving forces of the growth process. FDI plays an important role. However, property rights, a crucial element in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328359
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Distributional effects of FDI : how the interaction of FDI and economic policy affects poor households in Bolivia
Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper provides a computable general equilibrium analysis of the medium to long-run impact of FDI inflows on … neglected in the empirical literature by (i) investigating the impact of FDI inflows on incomes of urban and rural households … industries. The simulation results suggest that FDI inflows add to Bolivia's investment ratio, enhance economic growth, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335671
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Avoiding the trap : the dynamic interaction of North-South capital mobility and technology diffusion
Hübler, Michael (contributor) - 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/10003795826