Better corporate governance can reduce the scope for increasing shareholder value and thus discourage M&A FDI inflows …. Sound governance may also discourage non-M&A FDI inflows in light of the complementary relationship between M&A and non …-M&A FDI. We use firm-level evidence to empirically examine the effect of US corporate governance on Japanese M&A and non …

investment (FDI). This, in turn, can reduce the returns from non-M&A FDI in light of the complementary relationship between M …&A and non-M&A FDI. We use firm-level evidence to empirically examine the effect of corporate governance in the United States … (US) on Japanese M&A and non-M&A FDI inflows. In doing so, we expand upon Alba, Park, and Wang (2009), which looked only …

The paper explores the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows. Using … and institutions are employed in the empirical analysis. The results show that government stability, the absence of …

cultural distance from Japan attract Japanese FDI. Good institutions, such as a well-developed legal framework and an effective …We examine the determinants of Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) focusing on institutional and social factors … government, are important in promoting Japanese FDI to emerging economies, whereas fewer regulatory restrictions, lower tax …

overall corporate governance may have a negative effect on M&A activity. Since M&A foreign direct investment (FDI) is a cross …-border variant of M&A, stronger corporate governance may also reduce M&A FDI. Hence, we use firm-level evidence from Japanese FDI … into the United States to investigate the effect of US corporate governance on Japanese M&A FDI. Our results indicate that …

, which reforms are best? We address this question by empirically investigating the effects of institutions on financial … frictions, institutions affect investment. We find that improved corporate governance (e.g., less severe informational problems …