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Labor Heterogeneity and the Risk of Expropriation in Less Developed Countries
Meulen, Philipp an de - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
expropriation. Not surprisingly, it turns out that the risk of expropriation decreases with a larger employment share of high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010533911
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The Impact of Foreign Direct Investments on Labour Productivity: A review of the Evidence and Implications
Popescu, Raluca Georgiana - In: Romanian Economic Journal 13 (2010) 36, pp. 137-153
The paper presents several results concerning the impact of foreign direct investments on labour productivity in … different countries. The focus is on the labour productivity differences that exist between the foreign and domestic companies … labour productivity due to the technological and managerial competences that they borrow from the foreign companies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587075
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The Human Capital Dimension to Foreign Direct Investment : Training, Adverse Selection and Firm Location.
Eicher, T-S; Kalaitzidakis, P - Department of Economics, University of Washington - 1997
While the theoretical literature on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) focuses largely on movements in capital and firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005198648
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Human Capital Development and FDI in Developing Countries
Majeed, Muhammad Tariq; Ahmad, Eatzaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper evaluates the proposition that development of human capital can be instrumental in attracting FDI in developing countries by using fixed effects models on the panel data of 23 selected developing countries and 35 years (1970-2004). For the purpose, we employ two indicators of human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111951
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The Human Capital Dimension to Foreign Direct Investment : Training, Adverse Selection and Firm Location.
Eicher, T-S; Kalaitzidakis, P - Department of Economics, University of Washington - 1997
While the theoretical literature on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) focuses largely on movements in capital and firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005657407
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Illegal Immigration and Fiscal Competition
bandyopadhyay, subhayu; Pinto, Santiago - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2014
This paper examines illegal immigration in a spatial context. Consider two countries: a source and a host of illegal immigration. Both countries produce the same good employing labor. There are legal restrictions to the movement of labor across countries. The host country consists of two regions...
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Foreign Direct Investment, Labour Market Regulation and Self-Interested Governments
Palokangas, Tapio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This document examines foreign direct investment (FDI) when multinationals and labour unions bargain over labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761987
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Economia sintetica
Vildosola, Luis - EconWPA - 1998
Theoretical study identifying one modality with conditions necesary for the financial stabilization of an inherently unstable system; and 5040 other unstable dynamic modes. It draws on knowledge made available by the academic field of Control Engineering.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125628
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Demographic structure and the security of property rights: The role of development and democracy
Harms, Philipp; an de Meulen, Philipp - In: European Journal of Political Economy 29 (2013) C, pp. 73-89
capital inflows from aging industrialized economies. However, many of these countries deter foreign investors by a high risk … of creeping or outright expropriation. In this paper we explore whether the correlation between countries' demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617210
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The Italian Position in the Energy and Climate Change Negotiations
Viviani, Carlo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Climate change, security and cost of energy supplies, and the competitiveness of firms and economies have been focal points of the general political and economic policy debate in recent years. This article examines the choices in this field made at global level with the Kyoto Protocol and in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008835357