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Political Risk, Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment
Hefeker, Carsten; Busse, Matthias - 2005
The paper explores the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows. Using different econometric techniques for a data sample of 83 developing countries and the period 1984 to 2003, we identify those indicators that matter most for the activities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295448
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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties More Than a Bit
Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301432
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FDI promotion through bilateral investment treaties: More than a bit?
Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … extensive dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273152
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Explaining the global landscape of foreign direct investment: knowledge capital, gravity, and the role of culture and institutions
Schneider, Sophie Therese; Wacker, Konstantin M. - 2020
global patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). Compared to previous studies, we use bilateral FDI positions with a much … suggested by theories on FDI determinants. We find the gravity model to achieve the best theory-consistent out …-of-sample prediction, particularly when parameter heterogeneity of South and North FDI is allowed for. Controlling for surrounding market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605229
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Explaining the global landscape of foreign direct investment : knowledge capital, gravity, and the role of culture and institutions
Schneider, Sophie Therese; Wacker, Konstantin - 2020
global patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). Compared to previous studies, we use bilateral FDI positions with a much … suggested by theories on FDI determinants. We find the gravity model to achieve the best theory-consistent out …-of-sample prediction, particularly when parameter heterogeneity of South and North FDI is allowed for. Controlling for surrounding market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012208115
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Political Risk, Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment
Hefeker, Carsten; Busse, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005
The paper explores the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows. Using different econometric techniques for a data sample of 83 developing countries and the period 1984 to 2003, we identify those indicators that matter most for the activities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957402
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Subsidy Competition in Integrating Economies
Albornoz, Facundo; Corcos, Gregory - Department of Economics, University of Birmingham - 2005
Regional integration affects location decisions of MNCs and therefore influences each member country’s provision of investment incentives, which in turn may trigger relocation. As a consequence, subsidy competition increases as integration proceeds. We analyze the welfare consequences of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086722
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Optimal policy for FDI incentives: An auction theory approach
Luski, Israel; Rosenboim, Mosi - In: European Research Studies Journal XII (2009) 3, pp. 61-76
A multinational corporation’s (MNC) entry into a host country brings benefits to the economy of that country, some direct (such as increasing production and employment) and some indirect (such as productivity spin-off). Governments that view MNCs as engines for growth and regional development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008515041
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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties: More Than a Bit?
Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … extensive dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103190
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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties More Than a Bit
Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982641