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Impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth of Pakistan
Saqib, Najia; Masnoon, Maryam; Rafique, Nabeel - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 35-45
Given contrasting evidence in the literature pertaining to the impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the host country’s economy, we take the case of Pakistan and test the said association for this nation. The data used for this study has spanned over the period of 1981 till 2010. Besides FDI,...
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The comparative financial managerial performance of US firms and Chinese firms
Asheghian, Parviz - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 2, pp. 119-135
This paper evaluates the relative financial managerial performance of thirty matched-pairs of US firms and Chinese (CN) firms. In this study, financial managerial performance is measured in terms of profitability, debt management, and asset management. Paired comparison is employed and eight...
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Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers : evidence from Turkey
Erdogan, Aysa Ipek - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 4, pp. 185-199
This article analyzes the horizontal productivity spillover effects of foreign ownership on Turkish firms that are among the top 500 industrial enterprises in Turkey. Using a panel of 215 firms over the period 2004-2008, we find that domestic firms benefit from productivity spillovers from...
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The journal of world investment & trade : law, economics, politics
Leiden : Brill; 2004-2011: Geneva : Werner - 5.2004 -
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Types of private financing of medical care by patients in Poland
Paszkowska, Małgorzata - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 3, pp. 59-74
The share of privately paid medical care is steadily increasing. Polish patients pay immediately for single services and may also privately conclude the contracts for medical insurance or subscription (steady access to complex private medical care). The aim of this paper is to draw the reader's...
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Challenges and policy lessons for the growth-employment-poverty nexus in developing countries
Fields, Gary S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
Of the world’s 6.7 billion people (as of 2008), 1.3 billion lived on less than $1.25 Purchasing Power Parity dollars … scourge of absolute economic misery among billions of the world’s people is one of the most serious problems facing humankind … today. Unemployment (defined below) befalls about 200 million of the world’s people - a sizeable number but small compared …
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Free movement of money in the European Union : the role of European Court of Justice in the formation of free movement of capital and payments
Białek, Natalia; Bazylko, Arkadiusz - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 2, pp. 57-69
Free movement of capital and payments is one of four fundamental principles, whose undisturbed operation is vital for proper functioning of the Common Market. In the first stage of the European Community, this freedom served a rather ancillary function, facilitating the full use of the freedom...
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A VAR analysis of FDI and wages : the Romania's case
Mutascu, Mihai Ioan; Fleischer, Anne-Marie - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 2, pp. 41-56
According to Lall (1997), the FDI are strongly interconnected with a series of variables, such as: economic conditions (markets, natural resources, competitiveness), host country policies (macro policies, private sector, trade and industry, FDI policies), as well as MNE strategy (risk...
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Impact of FDI on economic development : a causality analysis for Singapore ; 1976 - 2002
Feridun, Mete; Sissoko, Yaya - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 1, pp. 7-17
This study examines the relationship between economic growth as measured by GDP per capita and foreign direct investment for Singapore, using the methodology of Granger causality and vector auto regression (VAR). Evidence shows that there is a unidirectional Granger causation from foreign direct...
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Foreign direct investment effect on urban wages in MENA countries
Asli, Ali Reza Daghighi; Behname, Mehdi; Noormohamadi, … - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 33-39
This paper use the urban set data for studding the FDI impact on average wage level in MENA countries. The results show that the openness to FDI tends to increase wage level of MENA countries. The positive impact remains significant after controlling for the capital labor ratio, industrial...
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