productivity effects barely offset higher union compensation, and that unions are negatively related to investment in capital and R …

In this paper we investigate the impact of regional trade agreements (RTAs) and bilateral investment treaties (BITs) on … intra-regional foreign direct investment (FDI) across Latin American countries from 1995 to 2012. We use an augmented … debate on the effectiveness of BITs versus RTAs as an adequate mechanism to attract foreign investment …

investment from China to Latin America affect opinions on China within 18 Latin American countries over the 2002-2013 period. We … investment proxied by China's market penetration of developing countries outside Latin America. In contrast to the widespread …

Over the past two decades, the growth rate of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing and transition …, it is important to assess how domestic investment responds to such outflows. This study empirically examines the effects … of outward FDI on domestic investment in developing countries. Using data from 121 developing and transition economies …

smaller developing countries relate to their success or failure in attracting foreign investment capital. The central purpose … information cost effects on incoming investment are profound for small nations seeking to attract foreign capital for continued … abroad with ongoing links to the country, and no unique natural resources to draw inbound investment. In such circumstances …

provides an exhaustive analysis of casuality between aggregate private investment and financial development. GMM estimation on …

This study is undertaken to determine the relative impacts of the uncertainty of macroeconomic variables on investment … revealed the following: (1) existence of long run relationship between some of the macroeconomic variables and investment, (2 … uncertainty of most of the macroeconomic variables impact negatively on investment in Nigeria. The study recommends the use of …

-being of residents. A provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act aimed to spur private investment in low-income areas called … Opportunity Zones (OZs). We evaluate the impact of OZs on investment using data on the near-universe of commercial retail, office … estimates of the effect of OZ eligibility on census tract-level investment. Additional data from MasterCard show no robust …