This study examines the role economic freedom plays in attracting Indian outward foreign direct investment to various countries. Investments by Indian multinationals to various continents are studied along with aggregate investment outflows. Results show that Indian outward FDI do appear to...

Using household economic survey data for the years 2005-06 and 2007-08, we examine the economic, demographic and geographical characteristics of remittance receiving households in Pakistan. We find that altruism is the most likely motive behind the remittances sent back by Pakistanis living...

This study examines the motives for Russian outward foreign direct investments (OFDI) around the world. Using firm-level data for Russian firms, home and host country economic, geographical, cultural and institutional drivers of Russian OFDI are analyzed. Findings show that Russian OFDI seems to...

This paper seeks to examine the location determinants of foreign direct investment (OFDI) considering the case of Indian Multinational Enterprises(MNEs.) using disaggregates country level data for the year 1970‐ 1990. A rich body of literature and empirical studies exists on specific...

Foreign Financial Flows and Terrorism in Developing Countries

Remittances, Inequality and Poverty in Pakistan: Macro and Microeconomic Evidence

In this paper, we propose a conceptual framework for constructing a diffusion index of changes in overall perceptions with respect to corruption. The corruption diffusion index we construct lies between 0 (the greatest overall deterioration in corruption perceptions) and 100 (the greatest...