This paper examines the effect of three types of capital control policies on FDI: (i) the existence of multiple exchange rates; (ii) restrictions on capital account, and (iii) restrictions on the repatriation of export proceeds. We find that the impact of capital controls on FDI varies by region...

Existing studies assume that the impact of democracy on FDI is the same for resource exporting and non-resource exporting countries. This paper examines whether natural resources alter the relationship between FDI and democracy. We estimate a linear dynamic panel-data model using data from 112...

We conduct efficiency test using the conventional method in Chordia, Roll, and Subrahmanyam (2005) and the wavelet analysis. For the FTSE-100 futures data from January 2001 through December 2004, both approaches identify that, conditional on order imbalance, it takes about 10 minutes for the...