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The role of foreign capital in stimulating domestic investments in Pakistan

Shah, Syed Hasanat; Hasnat, Hafsa; Khan, Muhammad Arif - In: Pakistan journal of applied economics : PJAE 31 (2021) 2, pp. 145-160

Pakistan, a developing country, desperately looked for foreign investment in order to promote growth and investment …. Pakistan introduced a number of policy measuresin the last few decades and attracted substantial foreign investments. But it is … not clear whether foreign investments inflowsin Pakistan played any role in growth and development in Pakistan? Thisstudy …

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The External Sector Vulnerability Monitoring Index (Λ) : the case of Chinese and Asean-5 economies

Estrada, Mario Arturo Ruiz; Samad, Diwa; Ho, Yew Joe - In: Contemporary economics 12 (2018) 3, pp. 301-314

This paper introduces an alternative indicator to evaluate the external sector behavior of a country or region. The objective of this indicator, titled “The External Sector Vulnerability Monitoring Index” (henceforth ESVM) (λ), is to offer policy-makers and researchers a new analytical tool...

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Multinationals and Structural Transformation

Alviarez, Vanessa I.; Chen, Cheng; Pandalai-Nayar, Nitya; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We study the role of multinationals (MNCs) in facilitating firm-level and aggregate structural transformation. Using a stylized model of multinational production and trade, we show that an inward multinational liberalization in the manufacturing sector raises employment in host country firms,...

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Trade Liberalization and FDI : A Cointegration and Causal Analysis for Benin

Mitra, Rajarshi - 2012

The period following mid-1970s marked the implementation of liberal trade policies by African economies to attract FDI for sustainable economic development. This paper estimates a structural VECM and investigates the long-run effectiveness of trade liberalization as an FDI policy measure for...

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International spillovers of China's structural reforms

Wong, Chin-Yoong; Eng, Yoke-Kee - In: The journal of international trade & economic development 26 (2017) 7/8, pp. 955-978

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Drivers of FDI inflows in Africa : do trade openness, market size, and institutional quality matter?

Abdi, Abdikafi Hassan; Sheik-Ali, Ibrahim Abdukadir; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-18

Foreign direct investment serves as a cornerstone for economic development, particularly in lower- and middle-income countries, where it brings crucial capital, technology, and expertise. Despite institutional challenges in many African nations, there is controversy over the effects of...

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Trade liberalization and foreign direct investment in Pakistan

Zakaria, Muhammad; Naqvi, Hasnain A.; Fida, Bashir A.; … - In: Journal of economic research 19 (2014) 3, pp. 225-247

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Does Pleasing Export-Oriented Foreign Investors Help Your Balance of Payments? A General Equilibrium Analysis

Razmi, Arslan M. - 2010

Many developing countries have adopted investor-friendly policies in order to attract export-oriented foreign direct investment (FDI). The effects of these policies on the external accounts have largely been ignored. We endogenize FDI inflows in a structuralist general equilibrium framework to...

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Technology Capital and the U.S. Current Account

McGrattan, Ellen R.; Prescott, Edward C. - 2008

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) estimates the return on investments of foreign subsidiaries of U.S. multinational companies over the period 1982-2006 averaged 9.4 percent annually after taxes; U.S. subsidiaries of foreign multinationals averaged only 3.2 percent. Two factors distort...

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FDI and the Structure of Home Country Production

Kokko, Ari - 2001

This paper provides a selective survey of the literature on home country effects of FDI, and points to some new questions regarding the impact of outward FDI on economic structure in the home country. Much of the existing literature on production interactions between the domestic and foreign...

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