This paper introduces monopolistic competition into two-sector general equilibrium models to investigate the impacts of international factor mobility on the skilled–unskilled wage inequality. The basic model shows that the change of skilled–unskilled wage inequality is determined by the...

We develop a three-country heterogeneous-firm model and show that FDI liberalization in one foreign country (F1) results in the following: (i) some firms from the home country switch from export to FDI in F1; (ii) skilled labor¡¯s wage rate drops in the home country; (iii) wage inequality...

The present paper captures several dominant trends of the FDI flows worldwide, which became obvious in the last two decades and more and more evident in recent years. Our analysis brings to the forefront the global investment environment, characterized by an increasing complexity through...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die internationale Expansion der Pharmaindustrie in Österreich und stellt diese in den Kontext der zunehmenden weltwirtschaftlichen Verflech-tungen. Die Pharmaindustrie in Österreich besteht einerseits aus den Filialen einiger inter-national tätiger...

Developing countries offer incentives, such as “financial and tax incentives”, to encourage Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in any case by focusing on the “quantity” of FDI rather than its “quality”. The study maintains that Turkey constitutes a typical developing country in terms of...

Following a five-year period of uninterrupted growth and reaching a historical peak in 2007, world foreign direct investment flows (FDI) declined in 2008, in large part as a result of the global financial and economic crisis. The European Union (EU) as a major source and recipient of FDI flows...

Cercetarea îsi propune sa analizeze o serie de efecte ale ISD în România, din punctul de vedere al volumului, structurii si dinamicii pe tipuri, sectoare si ramuri, regiuni de dezvoltare si tari de origine, precum si al impactului asupra profitului expatriat si reinvestit, a soldului balantei...

Cercetarea îsi propune sa analizeze o serie de efecte ale ISD în România, din punctul de vedere al volumului, structurii si dinamicii pe tipuri, sectoare si ramuri, regiuni de dezvoltare si tari de origine, precum si al impactului asupra profitului expatriat si reinvestit, a soldului balantei...

Earlier studies on foreign direct investment (FDI) have mainly focused on its benefits. This paper examines the nature of FDI-related productivity spillovers in China's manufacturing sector. The empirical analysis based on firm level panel data, over the period 2000–2007, reveals that...

The research developed in the present work is mainly aimed at the development of analysis of foreign direct investment in Romania present, and highlighting positive impact on the Romanian economy. Foreign direct investment has been a growth engine for the Romanian economy, bringing transnational...