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Sustainable development impact of trade and investment liberalization in Asia and the Pacific
Narayanan, Badri; Duval, Yann; Kravchenko, Alexey; … - 2017
Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have negative side-effects on non-economic facets of sustainable development. As...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011773529
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Does the East get what would otherwise flow to the South? : FDI diversion in Europe
Buch, Claudia M.; Kokta, Robert M.; Piazolo, Daniel - 2001
This paper examines the FDI flows towards two regions in the periphery of Europe: the Central and Eastern European … countries (CEECs) and the countries of Southern Europe. We investigate whether evidence exists for FDI diversion from Southern … Europe to the CEECs. A cursory observation of recent FDI trends might give rise to such claims of diversion. On the basis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476428
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Does the East Get What Would Otherwise Flow to the South? FDI Diversion in Europe
Buch, Claudia M.; Kokta, Robert M.; Piazolo, Daniel - 2001
This paper examines the FDI flows towards two regions in the periphery of Europe: the Central and Eastern European … countries (CEECs) and the countries of Southern Europe. We investigate whether evidence exists for FDI diversion from Southern … Europe to the CEECs. A cursory observation of recent FDI trends might give rise to such claims of diversion. On the basis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014127413
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Tax competition for foreign direct investment
Haufler, Andreas; Wooton, Ian - 1997
We analyze tax competition between two countries of unequal size trying to attract a foreign-owned monopolist. When regional governments have only a lump-sum profit tax (subsidy) at their disposal, but face exogenous and identical transport costs for imports, then both countries will always...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009623404
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Foreign Direct Investment and the Single Market
Neary, J. Peter - 2002
investment. On the one hand, fears have been expressed that the Union could become a "Fortress Europe", with foreign firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014121239
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FDI, trade integration and the border effect : evidence from the European Union
Martínez-San Román, Valeriano; Bengoa, Marta; … - 2014
This paper intends to combine two fields in the economic literature by examining empirically the FDI pattern - horizontal versus vertica l- within the European Union and the relevance of trade integration as a potential determinant of investment flows over the period 1995-2009. We capture trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371905
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FDI, Trade Integration and the Border Effect : Evidence from the European Union
Martinez-San Roman, Valeriano - 2014
This paper intends to combine two fields in the economic literature by examining empirically the FDI pattern – horizontal versus vertical – within the European Union and the relevance of trade integration as a potential determinant of investment flows over the period 1995-2009. We capture...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051267
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Regional determinants of German FDI in the Czech Republic : evidence from a gravity model approach
Schäffler, Johannes; Hecht, Veronika; Moritz, Michael - 2014
The attractiveness for the location of multinational firms is seen as a crucial issue for the development and prosperity of regions. This article focuses on a two-country relationship and deals with the regional distribution of German multinational firms and their affiliates in the Czech...
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What determines whether preferential liberalization of barriers against foreign investors in services are beneficial or immizerising : application to the case of Kenya
Balistreri, Edward J.; Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David G. - 2015
Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly competitive services sectors, the literature has not established conditions under which these agreements are beneficial or harmful. The authors fill that void by developing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288486
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What determines whether preferential liberalization of barriers against foreign investors in services are beneficial or immizerising : application to the case of Kenya
Balistreri, Edward J.; Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David G. - 2015
Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly competitive services sectors, the literature has not established conditions under which these agreements are beneficial or harmful. The authors fill that void by developing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386602