A number of studies have recently explored China’s growing - yet still nascent - manufacturing investments in sub-Saharan Africa, which the World Bank hopes to see further expanded so as to ignite industrialization. These studies have looked mainly at the Africa-side situation (i.e., what is...

The bias of the net extemal asset position (NEAP) which arises from the revaluation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is examined. The bias is defined as the difference between the historical value and the market value of the balance of inward and outward FDI. Possible effects of the...

This paper analyzes the importance of taxes on corporate income and production-related tangible infrastructure as determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Central- and Eastern European Countries (CEECs). We operationalize taxes using effective average tax rates on the bilateral level...

The Central- and East European Countries have lowered their corporate tax rates substantially in order to induce shifts of production capacity to their countries. This paper analyses empirically how inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows channeled to these countries reacts to these tax...

The future of the international investment regime is rapidly evolving and many different kinds of investment treaties are now being negotiated. In particular, the EU, which is emerging as a new actor on the scene of international Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy will need to know what kind...