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The impact of corruption on FDI : an application of efficient grease hypothesis to EU countries
Kardes̜ler, Elif; Yetkiner, İbrahim Hakan - 2009
This paper empirically examines the impact of corruption on FDI in European Union countries, including candidate …, we find that corruption has a negative impact on FDI. -- FDI ; Corruption ; Efficient Grease Hypothesis ; OLS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003834233
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Institutional Efficiency and the Investment Share of FDI
Aizenman, Joshua - 2008
agents have a comparative advantage over foreign agents in overcoming some of the obstacles associated with corruption and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213634
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Institutional Efficiency, Monitoring Costs, and the Investment Share of FDI
Aizenman, Joshua; Spiegel, Mark M. - 2005
associated with corruption and weak institutions. We model these circumstances in a principal-agent framework with costly ex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065356
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FDI and Firm Productivity in Host Countries : The Role of Financial Constraints
Han, Wontae; Wang, Jian; Wang, Xiao - 2021
This paper studies the effect of FDI firms' financial advantages on firm productivity in host countries and examines the related policy implications. If FDI firms face lower financing costs but have higher fixed production costs than local firms, a simple Melitz-type model predicts that because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238912
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The Impact of Intellectual Property Protection on MNEs’ Decisions to Invest in Developing Countries : Empirical Evidence from New Swiss Firm-Level FDI Panel Data
Hold, Arno - 2015
This article reviews the impact of intellectual property (IP) protection on foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in developing countries. Applying different panel data techniques to a newly-created comprehensive FDI/IP dataset of 31 Swiss MNEs investing into 53...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033949
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Corruption and Cross-Border Investment in Emerging Markets : Firm-Level Evidence
Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska - 2011
This paper studies the impact of corruption in emerging markets on the mode of entry and volume of inward foreign … direct investment using a unique firm-level data set. It examines two effects of corruption simultaneously: a reduction in … the volume of foreign investment and a shift in the ownership structure. Corruption makes local bureaucracy less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012713863
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Aid, Terrorism, and Foreign Direct Investment : Empirical Insight Conditioned on Corruption Control
Efobi, Uchenna - 2018
corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 developing countries. The following findings are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908025
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Government corruption and foreign direct investment under the threat of expropriation
Hajzler, Christopher; Rosborough, Jonathan - 2016
Foreign investment is often constrained by two forms of political risk: expropriation and corruption. We examine the … role of government corruption in foreign direct investment (FDI) when contracts are not fully transparent and investors … which corruption reduces optimal foreign capital flows. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446183
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Corporate Tax Policy in Developed Countries and Economic Activity in Africa
Hoopes, Jeffrey L.; Klein, Daniel; Lester, Rebecca; … - 2022
This paper studies whether tax policies in developed nations affect developing economies through cross-border investments by multinational firms. We study firm investment responses to a major U.K. tax reform that drastically reduced the income tax burden for U.K.-based firms. Our identification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014238897
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Absorptive capacities and the impact of FDI on economic growth
Farkas, Beatrice - 2012
This paper analyzes the necessary local conditions required for the existence of positive spillovers from multinationals' entry and it consists of a unified study of absorptive capacities. We start from the idea that FDI speeds up the diffusion of technologies across countries. Yet, the question...
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