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Foreign aid, foreign direct investment and economic growth of Lao PDR
Chansomphou, Vatthanamixay; Ichihashi, Masaru - Graduate School for International Development and … - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of foreign aid and foreign direct investment on the long-run income per capita and short-run income growth of Lao PDR. We formulate a modification of Solow model; then we employ a cointegration technique to carry out the long-run relationship, and employ an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364576
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Exploring the external forces driving green environmental innovation : empirical evidence from Asian market
Farooq, Umar - In: Economic change & restructuring 56 (2023) 2, pp. 981-1006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014252346
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Foreign direct Investment and learning regions development in new EU countries
Geenhuizen, Marina van; Nijkamp, Peter - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 2004
In this study we address the potential rise of innovative regions in Central and Eastern Europe by connecting the interests of foreign investors and the interests of recipient regions as learning regions. Our exploratory results give a rather pessimistic picture in that enhancing the innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150638
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Foreign direct Investment and learning regions development in new EU member countries
Geenhuizen, Marina van; Nijkamp, Peter - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2004
In this study we address the potential rise of innovative regions in Central and Eastern Europe by connecting the interests of foreign investors and the interests of recipient regions as learning regions. Our exploratory results give a rather pessimistic picture in that enhancing the innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010783186
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Regional integration, foreign direct investment, and regional development
Kokko, Ari; Gustavsson, Patrik - Economics Department, European Investment Bank (EIB) - 2004
Stressing that the liberalisation of international trade and investment may lead to a geographical concentration of economic activity, this paper discusses the scope for FDI as an instrument of regional policy aimed at offsetting the centripetal forces unleashed by liberalisation. Focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004984652
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Economic growth, local industrial development and inter-regional spillovers from foreign direct investment: Evidence from China
Ouyang, Puman; Fu, Shihe - In: China Economic Review 23 (2012) 2, pp. 445-460
In many countries inward foreign direct investment (FDI) typically concentrates in a few regions. However, there is little empirical evidence on whether spatially concentrated FDI boosts economic growth in other regions within the same country. We use a dataset that covers 96% of Chinese cities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011065761
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Infrastructure endowment and corporate income taxes as determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Central- and Eastern European Countries
Bellak, Christian; Leibrecht, Markus; Damijan, Joze P. - 2007
This paper analyzes the importance of taxes on corporate income and production-related tangible infrastructure as … the infrastructure endowment. In the empirical analysis we control for a possible interrelation between taxes and … infrastructure as detfirminants of FDI ?an issue usually neglected in the literature. Thus, we posit that there are likely to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313241
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An analysis of China-Nigeria investment relations
Oyeranti, Gboyega Alabi; Babatunde, Musibau Adetunji; … - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 4 (2011) 3, pp. 183-199
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the economic relation between China and Nigeria in the area of foreign direct investment (FDI). Design/methodology/approach – The study employed the use of quantitative (descriptive analysis such as ratios, percentages and correlation as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365018
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Infrastructure endowment and corporate income taxes as determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Central- and Eastern European Countries
Bellak, Christian; Leibrecht, Markus; Damijan, Joze P. - LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, … - 2007
This paper analyzes the importance of taxes on corporate income and production-related tangible infrastructure as … the infrastructure endowment. In the empirical analysis we control for a possible interrelation between taxes and … infrastructure as determinants of FDI ?an issue usually neglected in the literature. Thus, we posit that there are likely to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005163373
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Aid Effectiveness Revisited: Comparative Studies of Modalities of Aid to Asia and Africa
Hino, Hiroyuki; Iimi, Atsushi - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2008
This paper provides a variety of evidence that shows that in Asia, aid leveraged private investment in the long run, while in Africa the correlation between aid and domestic investment was at best ambiguous. Aid in Africa was diametrically opposite to that of Asia in terms of the amounts the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650743