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How Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages

Alfaro, Laura - 2006

The empirical literature finds mixed evidence on the existence of positive productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a mechanism that emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling foreign direct investment (FDI) to...

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Political Competition and Economic Performance : Theory and Evidence from the United States

Besley, Timothy - 2005

One of the most cherished propositions in economics is that market competition by and large raises consumer welfare …. But whether political competition has similarly virtuous consequences is far less discussed. This paper formulates a model … to explain why political competition may enhance economic performance and uses the United States as a testing ground for …

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Latin America and Foreign Capital in the Twentieth Century : Economics, Politics, and Institutional Change

Taylor, Alan M. - 1999

Latin America began the twentieth century as a relatively poor region on the periphery of the world economy. One cause of a low level of income per person was capital scarcity. Long run growth via capital deepening requires either the mobilization of domestic capital through savings, or large...

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Why Have Economic Reforms in Mexico Not Generated Growth?

Kehoe, Timothy J. - 2010

Following its opening to trade and foreign investment in the mid-1980s, Mexico's economic growth has been modest at best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude that the relation between openness and growth is not a...

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Does Openness to International Financial Flows Raise Productivity Growth?

Kose, M. Ayhan - 2008

Economic theory has identified a number of channels through which openness to international financial flows could raise productivity growth. However, while there is a vast empirical literature analyzing the impact of financial openness on output growth, far less attention has been paid to its...

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Foreign Capital and Economic Growth

Prasad, Eswar S. - 2007

We document the recent phenomenon of "uphill" flows of capital from nonindustrial to industrial countries and analyze whether this pattern of capital flows has hurt growth in nonindustrial economies that export capital. Surprisingly, we find that there is a positive correlation between current...

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Foreign Capital and Economic Growth in the First Era of Globalization

Bordo, Michael D. - 2007

We explore the association between income and international capital flows between 1880 and 1913. Capital inflows are associated with higher incomes per capita in the long-run, but capital flows also brought income volatility via financial crises. Crises also decreased growth rates of income per...

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Please Pass the Catch-up The Relative Performance of Chinese and Foreign Firms in Chinese Exports

Blonigen, Bruce - 2007

Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) account for well over half of all Chinese exports and this share continues to grow. While the substantial presence of FIEs has contributed greatly to the recent export-led growth of China, an important objective of the Chinese government is to ultimately...

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Measuring the Impacts of FDI in Central and Eastern Europe

Lipsey, Robert E. - 2006

The impacts of inward FDI on host countries are frequently studied using balance-of-payments based measures of flows and stocks. These are unreliable for the purpose because, while theories of the effects of investment are based on FDI production and employment in the host country, these...

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When Does Capital Account Liberalization Help More than It Hurts?

Arteta, Carlos - 2001

In this paper we reconsider the evidence on capital account liberalization and growth. While we find indications of a positive association, the effects vary with time, with how capital account liberalization is measured, and with how the relationship is estimated. The evidence that the effects...

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