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Russia's chemical and petrochemical industries at the eve of WTO-Accession
Schaimijeva, Elmira; Gumerova, Gjusel; Jasper, Jörg; … - 2010
Although Russia's WTO-accession is foreseeable, there are still deficits in the literature on its concrete effects on … the sectoral and regional levels. In this paper we analyse effects on Russia's chemical and petrochemical sectors (CPS … GOSKOMSTAT/ROSSTAT, Russia's official statistics institute. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321668
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Foreign direct investment and exchange rate regimes
Busse, Matthias; Hefeker, Carsten; Nelgen, Signe - 2010
The paper uses a comprehensive data set with bilateral direct investment flows and establishes the influence of the de-facto exchange rate regime for FDI flows. We find a strong and significant effect from fixed rates on bilateral FDI flows in developed economies, but no significant effect for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305523
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Does growth attract FDI?
Iamsiraroj, Sasi; Doucouliagos, Hristos - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-19, pp. 1-35
FDI is seen widely as a vital source of investment, technology transfer, and growth. The factors that attract FDI have been a longstanding source of debate. The authors present a comprehensive assessment of the accumulated evidence on one factor, the success of economic growth in attracting FDI....
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Aid for trade, foreign direct investment and export upgrading in recipient countries
Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm; Roberts, Michael - 2015
This paper examines empirically whether Aid for Trade (AfT) programmes and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows affect export upgrading and, if so, whether their effects are complementary or substitutable. Export upgrading entails export diversification (including overall export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412104
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Evolution of Asia's outward-looking economic policies: Some lessons from trade policy reviews
Daly, Michael - 2011
This Working Paper contains some observations concerning the evolution of trade and trade-related policies in the Asia-Pacific region since the establishment in 1989 of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM), whose goal is to improve the transparency of these policies. It also draws some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326768
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Surfing the waves of globalization: Asia and financial globalization in the context of the trilemma
Aizenman, Joshua; Chinn, Menzie D.; Ito, Hiro - 2011
Using the trilemma indexes developed by Aizenman et al. (2010) that measure the extent of achievement in each of the three policy goals in the trilemma - monetary independence, exchange rate stability, and financial openness - we examine how policy configurations affect macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331079
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FDI in Small Countries: the Baltic States
Hunya, Gabor - 2004
Analysing the evolution and determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this paper argues that sound economic policies have created an environment conducive for FDI. Overall, FDI has contributed to economic growth in the Baltic economies, having financed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100043
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Improving Competitiveness in the Balkan Region – Opportunities and Limits
Gabrisch, Hubert; Hanzl-Weiss, Doris; Holzner, Mario; … - 2016
The aim of this study is to analyse the state of the competitiveness of seven Western Balkan economies and to suggest policy recommendations in order to increase their capacity to compete. Most countries from the Western Balkans have a persistent current account deficit of about 10% of GDP which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100147
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Steigerung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in der Balkanregion – Möglichkeiten und Grenzen
Gabrisch, Hubert; Hanzl-Weiss, Doris; Holzner, Mario; … - 2015
Die meisten Westbalkanländer haben ein hohes und in der Regel persistentes Leistungsbilanzdefizit von annähernd 10% des BIP. Reduktionen des Leistungsbilanzdefizits der letzten Jahre sind vor allem auf krisenhafte Importzurückhaltung zurückzuführen. Das durchschnittliche Westbalkanland (im...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100196
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Policy Options for Competitiveness and Economic Development in the Western Balkans: the Case for Infrastructure Investment
Holzner, Mario - 2016
The Western Balkans are a region with a substantial economic catch-up potential. Compared to other European economies these countries are either poor or very poor. Structural underdevelopment and low competitiveness impede the catch-up process. Mass unemployment and a huge trade deficit indicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100223