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Do determinants of FDI to developing countries differ among OECD investors? Insights from Bayesian Model Averaging
Antonakakis, Nikolaos; Tondl, Gabriele - FIW - 2011
, Germany, France and the Netherlands to developing countries located in different world regions. Our goal is to elucidate …The main objective of this paper is to examine the determining factors of outward FDI from four major OECD investors US … geographical regions over the period 1995-2008. This approach permits us to select the most appropriate model that governs FDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644859
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Do determinants of FDI to developing countries differ among OECD investors? Insights from Bayesian model averaging
Antonakakis, Nikolaos; Tondl, Gabriele - Institute for European Integration, Europa-Kolleg - 2012
, Germany, France and the Netherlands to developing countries located in different world regions. Our goal is to elucidate …The main objective of this paper is to examine the determining factors of outward FDI from four major OECD investors US … geographical regions over the period 1995-2008. This approach permits us to select the most appropriate model that governs FDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647158
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Solving, Estimating and Selecting Nonlinear Dynamic Economic Models without the Curse of Dimensionality
Winschel, Viktor - EconWPA - 2005
A welfare analysis of a risky policy is impossible within a linear or linearized model and its certainty equivalence property. The presented algorithms are designed as a toolbox for a general model class. The computational challenges are considerable and I concentrate on the numerics and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556708
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Access to decision-makers in multinational and multi-plant enterprises : a review of labour law and practice
Blanpain, R - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985
- examines multinational bargaining practices and the role of works councils, management boards, etc. In Belgium, France, Germany …, Federal Republic, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and USA; reviews OECD and ILO code of conduct and EC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965980
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Fiscal Rules and Targets and Public Expenditure Management - Enthusiasm in the 1990s and its Aftermath
Tanaka, Hideaki - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
of major OECD countries, including Australia, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365424
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The Effect of the Euro on Foreign Direct Investment
Petroulas, Pavlos - Bank of Greece - 2006
In this paper the recent effect of the European Monetary Union on inward FDI-flows is examined. We use a difference-in-differences approach for both a gravity based- as well as a general equilibrium approach. The estimated results show that the introduction of the euro raises inward FDI by 14 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005321930
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Determinants of German FDI: New Evidence from Micro-Data
Toubal, Farid; Kleinert, Jörn; Buch, Claudia M. - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2003
This paper provides new evidence on the foreign direct investment stocks of German firms. We use firm-level data for the years 1990-2000 to describe the regional and sectoral patterns of German FDI through gravity-type equations. We provide evidence on the patterns of FDI by sector, by size of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083119
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Clustering or competition? The foreign investment behaviour of German banks
Lipponer, Alexander; Buch, Claudia M. - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2004
The presence of other firms in a foreign market can have a double-edged effect on the profitability of new entrants. Firstly, a larger presence of other firms implies more competition and thus lowers the earnings prospects of new entrants. Secondly, there might be positive spill-over effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083246
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FDI versus cross-border financial services: The globalisation of German banks
Buch, Claudia M.; Lipponer, Alexander - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2004
The choice between foreign direct investment (FDI) and exports has been a recurrent theme in the literature on international trade, yet few studies have analysed this choice at the level of the individual firm. This paper uses a new dataset to study the FDI-versus-exports decision for banks. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083296
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Clustering or Competition? The Foreign Investment Behavior of German Banks
Buch, Claudia M.; Lipponer, Alexander - In: International Journal of Central Banking 2 (2006) 2
Banks often concentrate their foreign direct investment (FDI) in certain countries. This clustering of activities could reflect either the attractiveness of a particular country or agglomeration effects. To find out which of the two phenomena dominates, we need to control for country-specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005258493