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Infrastructure and regional cooperation
Kuroda, Haruhiko (contributor); Kawai, Masahiro (contributor) - 2007
Continuing Asia’s extraordinary transformation will require increasing attention on regional connectivity and logistic … Asia. Given that most cross-border infrastructure projects are very complex, actions will need to be taken by various … stakeholders—Asian governments, the private sector, civil society organizations, and multilateral institutions—in connecting Asia. …
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The Recent Investment Activity of Global Sovereign Wealth Funds
Wiśniewski, Piotr - 2017
This chapter encapsulates the most recent findings on sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investment activity globally. The key research proposals addressed herein relate to the position of global SWFs among conventional and alternative asset managers, SWF allocation strategies, their recent investment...
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BRICS investment report
UNCTAD - 2023
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Cross-border investment into low-carbon infrastructure : An empirical glance
OECD - 2024
This working paper provides a granular overview of investments into low-carbon infrastructure, both in the real economy and financial market. The descriptive analysis shows that there is room to scale up cross-border infrastructure investment and to shift investment into low-carbon assets....
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Der Umbau der Welt : wohin führt die Neue Seidenstraße?
Behrens, Uwe - 2022 - 1. Auflage
Die Chinesen nennen es Yidai Yilu IBM ?Ein Gürtel, eine Strasse?. Die Deutschen erinnern sich vorzugsweise an Marco Polo und sprechen darum von der Neuen Seidenstrasse. Es handelt sich um das vermutlich gröt︣e Infrastrukturprojekt der Menschheitsgeschichte, an dem sich inzwischen mehr als...
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Does Auditor Choice Matter to Foreign Investors? Evidence from Foreign Mutual Funds Worldwide
Chou, Julia - 2014
This paper examines whether firms' auditor choice affects their ability to access foreign equity capital. Using the equity holdings of 34,837 foreign mutual funds from 28 countries, we find evidence that appointing a Big 4 auditor increases the level of foreign mutual fund ownership in firms....
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Shareholders at the Gate? Institutional Investors and Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
Ferreira, Miguel A. - 2009
We study the role of institutional investors in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As). We find that foreign institutional ownership is positively associated with the intensity of cross-border M&A activity worldwide. Foreign institutional ownership increases the probability that a merger...
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The Effect of Institutional Distance on Corporate Tax Avoidance : Evidence from Foreign Institutional Investors
Hasan, Iftekhar; Kim, Incheol; Teng, Haimeng; Wu, Qiang - 2021
We find that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) reduce their investee firms’ tax avoidance. We provide evidence that the effect is driven by the institutional distance between FIIs’ home countries/regions and host countries/regions. Specifically, we find that the effect is driven by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225349
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The Shifting Finance of Electricity Generation
Andonov, Aleksandar; Rauh, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Despite the incentives of incumbent domestic listed corporations (DLCs) in the electricity generation industry, private equity, institutional investors, and foreign corporations have played an outsized role in financing the energy transition. These new entrants are twice as likely to create...
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Capital Flow in Eurasia : An Emperical Investigation
Rostom, Ahmed Mohamed - 2011
The characteristics of international capital flow in Eurasia region in the last two decades are discussed. The determinants of (foreign) direct investment are investigated. Econometric analysis show that economic fundamentals such as domestic savings rate and the fiscal health of the countries...
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