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Export Structure, FDI and Child Labour
Busse, Matthias; Braun, Sebastian - In: Journal of Economic Integration 19 (2004), pp. 804-829
The paper addresses the linkage between certain aspects of the increasing economic integration of world markets and the level of child labour. We empirically examine, first, the often-cited conventional wisdom that multinational enterprises invest in countries where the extent of child labour is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364782
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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties More Than a Bit.
Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833374
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Democracy and FDI
Busse, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003
developing countries and consider foreign direct investment (FDI) as a tool of exploitation. This paper tries to examine … empirically the complex relationship between democracy and FDI in a systematic way, using cross-sectional and panel data analysis …, thereby refuting the hypothesis that political repression fosters FDI. Yet this positive link does not hold for the 1970s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957328
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Political Risk, Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment
Hefeker, Carsten; Busse, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005
The paper explores the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows. Using different econometric techniques for a data sample of 83 developing countries and the period 1984 to 2003, we identify those indicators that matter most for the activities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957402
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Export Structure, FDI and Child Labour
Busse, Matthias; Braun, Sebastian - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003
The paper addresses the linkage between certain aspects of the increasing economic integration of world markets and the level of child labour. We empirically examine, first, the often-cited conventional wisdom that multinational enterprises invest in countries where the extent of child labour is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957429
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Gender Discrimination and the International Division of Labour
Busse, Matthias; Spielmann, Christian - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003
The paper empirically explores the international economic effects of gender discrimination, namely the linkages of gender inequality with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses different forms and the extent of gender discrimination across countries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957460
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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties More Than a Bit
Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982641
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China's Impact on Africa - the Role of Trade, FDI and Aid
Busse, Matthias; Erdogan, Ceren; Muehlen, Henning - Institut für Entwicklungsforschung und … - 2014
We investigate the impact of Chinese activities in sub-Saharan African countries with respect to the growth performance of economies in that region. Using a Solow-type growth model and panel data for the period 1991 to 2011, we find that African economies that export natural resources have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778560
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FDI promotion through bilateral investment treaties: More than a bit?
Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … extensive dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273152
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Gender Discrimination and the International Division of Labour
Busse, Matthias; Spielmann, Christian - 2003
The paper empirically explores the international economic effects of gender discrimination, namely the linkages of gender inequality with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses different forms and the extent of gender discrimination across countries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295378