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What makes countries negotiate away their corporate tax base?

Hearson, Martin - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2017

Qualitative case studies suggest that the outcomes of tax treaty negotiations are determined by power politics and negotiating capability. In contrast, quantitative studies have tended to depart from a model that implies absolute gains, full rationality, and perfect information on the part of...

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Foreign capital inflow and economic growth in Cameroon

Fambon, Samuel - 2013

The purpose of this paper is to capture the impact of foreign capital inflows (which include foreign aid and foreign direct investment) on economic growth in Cameroon. Using the autoregressive distributive lag approach to cointegration and time-series data for the period 1980 - 2008, the results...

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Illicit financial flows and the Global South : a review of methods and evidence

Brandt, Kasper - 2020

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) constitute a major challenge for development in the Global South, as domestic resource mobilization is imperative for providing crucial public services. While several methods offer to measure the extent of IFFs, each has its benefits and drawbacks. Critically,...

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The impact of foreign direct investment on developing countries' terms of trade

Wacker, Konstantin - 2011

This paper first shows that important economic arguments in favor of the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis of falling terms of trade of developing countries have implicitly relied on the role of multinational corporations and foreign direct investment. As of yet, the relationship between the latter and...

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Externalities and foreign capital in aquaculture production in developing countries

Akpalu, Wisdom; Bitew, Worku T. - 2017

Most developing countries are increasingly dependent on fresh water based aquaculture (cage culture) to supplement the declining catch from capture fisheries. Yet, the competition for space between capture fisheries and cage culture, pollution generated by cage culture, and fish markets...

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Diaspora externalities : a view from the South

Rapoport, Hillel - 2018

Migration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets) and for the most part these can be seen as pure externalities. Diasporas are an example of such an externality. This paper reviews the recent economic...

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Standardization and ethnocracy in Sri Lanka

DeVotta, Neil - 2022

Standardization was the scheme that replaced meritocracy in Sri Lanka education, with positive discrimination to … the island becoming an ethnocracy. While standardization was later discarded, its legacy continues thanks to the district … quota system it fostered and the inequalities it helped to cement between ethnic groups. Ultimately, standardization did not …

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Spillover effects of international standards : work conditions in Vietnamese small and medium enterprises

Trifković, Neda - 2015

Most studies focus on trade effects and organizational outcomes of international standards, neglecting the effect of standards on employees. Using a two-year matched firm-employee panel dataset, this paper finds that the application of standards improves work conditions in small and medium...

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Drivers of productivity in Vietnamese SMEs : the role of management standards and innovation

Calza, Elisa; Goedhuys, Micheline; Trifković, Neda - 2017

Using a rich panel dataset of SMEs active in the manufacturing sector in Viet Nam, this paper investigates the drivers of firm productivity, focusing on the role played by international management standards certification. We develop and test the hypothesis that, controlling for technological...

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Certification and business risk

Trifković, Neda - 2018

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the scope for international private standards to play a role in reducing business risk. Business risk is measured as variability in revenue, customer base, informal payments, and temporary firm closure. The results show lower levels of business risk...

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