Environmental pollution is among the main problems threatening a global sustainable future, and strongly intertwined with the unprecedented rise in economic prosperity since the industrial revolution. The first three chapters deal with two questions: The first question is: Does economic growth,...

This study builds on the existing literature by investigating the long-run locational determinants of FDI flows to Pacific Asia under the broad categories of cost-related, investment environment improving, macro-economic and the political ideology factors of the host country.

In this empirical study, it is considered whether FDI has directly induced long-run effects on output in a selection of East Asian countries or whether such an influence, if any, has been transmitted indirectly through spillover effects. The Johansen cointegration methodology and resultant VECs...

In this paper, we attempt to establish whether FDI has directly induced long-run effects on output in a selection of APEC countries or whether such an influence, if any, has been transmitted indirectly through spillover effects.

We employ the total factor productivity (TFP) index in growth accounting as a proxy for productivity growth to compare patterns and sources of output growth for a group of proximate countries in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation region.