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FDI Perspectives : Issues in International Investment, 2nd Edition

Sauvant, Karl P. - 2018

This second edition of this publication provides an overview of important contemporary issues relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational enterprises for all those who are interested in this subject, but are not always in a position to follow diverse perspectives and what is...

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Greenfield FDI, cross-border M&As and government size

Ashraf, Ayesha; Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2016

government size. It is found that greenfield FDI increases labour market volatility and thereby economic insecurity while M …&As are not significantly associated with labour market volatility. The main results of this study are that greenfield FDI has …

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Are stricter investment rules contagious? : host country competition for foreign direct investment through international agreements

Neumayer, Eric; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, Martin - 2014 - Manuscript date: March 10, 2014

We argue that the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter investment rules is driven by competitive diffusion, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in favor of competing host countries. Accounting...

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Intellectual Property Rights and Foreign Direct Investment : The Role of Industry and Host-Country Characteristics

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Spatz, Julius - 2015

This paper aims at overcoming several shortcomings of previous empirical studies on the relationship between IPR protection and FDI. First, FDI is analyzed on a sectorally and regionally disaggregated level. Second, we address the proposition that stronger IPR protection raises not only the...

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Does US Aid Buy UN General Assembly Votes? A Disaggregated Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2007

Using panel data for 143 countries over the period 1973-2002, this paper empirically analyzes the influence of US aid on voting patterns in the UN General Assembly. We use disaggregated aid data to account for the fact that various forms of aid may differ in their ability to induce political...

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Assessing the Allocation of Aid : Developmental Concerns and the Self-Interest of Donors

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo J.; Nunnenkamp, Peter; … - 2014

measured by the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA). If the CPIA is replaced by the Kaufmann index …

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Do Multinational Enterprises Contribute to Convergence or Divergence? A Disaggregated Analysis of Us FDI

Mayer-Foulkes, David; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2005

It is a widely held belief that foreign direct investment (FDI) has a positive effect on economic growth. We test this hypothesis by performing convergence regressions derived from a model of endogenous technological change. We estimate the rate of growth in per-capita income, relative to the...

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More Stringent BITs, Less Ambiguous Effects on FDI? Not a Bit!

Berger, Axel; Busse, Matthias; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, … - 2011

We focus on investor-state dispute settlement provisions contained in various, though far from all, bilateral investment treaties as a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our estimation results prove to be sensitive to the specification of these provisions as well...

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Are Stricter Investment Rules Contagious? Host Country Competition for Foreign Direct Investment Through International Agreements

Neumayer, Eric; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, Martin - 2016

We argue that competitive diffusion is a driver of the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter investment rules, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in favor of competing host countries. Accounting...

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Need, Merit and Politics in Multilateral Aid Allocation : A District‐Level Analysis of World Bank Projects in India

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes; Sosa Andres, Maximiliano - 2017

of the World Bank's allocation of project aid at the district level in India. The evidence of needs‐based location … corresponding measures of need. The evidence for a merit‐based allocation of World Bank aid is even weaker. We typically do not find … evidence that aid allocation is affected by political patronage at the state or district level. However, the World Bank prefers …

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