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China's Path to Consumer-Based Growth : Reorienting Investment and Enhancing Efficiency
Lee, Il Houng - 2013
that some types of investment are becoming excessive in China, particularly in inland provinces. In these regions, private … existing trends continue, valuable resources could be wasted at a time when China's ability to finance investment is facing … to that in manufacturing and real estate. Financial reform would facilitate such a reorientation, helping China to …
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Transport Infrastructure Investments and Competition for FDI
Hynes, Kate - 2017
This paper studies how transport infrastructure investments affect a bidding war for a firm between two asymmetric countries within a region in a context of imperfect competition, where transport infrastructure investments play the role of a global public good, leading to a reduction in the unit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946898
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Economic Human Rights and Foreign Direct Investment in Egypt
Selim, Tarek H. - 2019
Vital importance to any society is the establishment and conduct of human rights, including economic and social rights. This paper comparatively examines the economic and social rights within the Egyptian Constitution and local law provisions, with the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights...
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The Balance between Investor Protection and the Right to Regulate in Investment Treaties : A Scoping Paper
Gaukrodger, David - 2018
This scoping paper examines the balance between investor protection and the right to regulate in investment treaties and investment treaty policy. It notes the growing trend to analyse the impact of particular treaty rules rather than treaties as a whole. It also points to the importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012924083
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Does Foreign Aid Increase Foreign Direct Investment?
Selaya, Pablo - 2012
The notion that foreign aid and foreign direct investment (FDI) are complementary sources of capital is conventional among governments and international cooperation agencies. This paper argues that the notion is incomplete. Within the framework of an open economy Solow model we show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012712758
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Costa Rica : boosting productivity to sustain income convergence
Pisu, Mauro - 2016
In the latest 30 years, Costa Rica's real GDP per capita has more than doubled, driven by increasing labour utilisation. Labour productivity has instead stagnated at around 30% of the more advanced OECD countries. Productivity growth has been lacklustre despite the opening up of markets to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577857
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Transport infrastructure investments and competition for FDI
Hynes, Kate; Ma, Jie; Yuan, Cheng - 2017
This paper studies how transport infrastructure investments affect a bidding war for a firm between two asymmetric countries within a region in a context of imperfect competition, where transport infrastructure investments play the role of a global public good, leading to a reduction in the unit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723862
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The balance between investor protection and the right to regulate in investment treaties : a scoping paper
Gaukrodger, David - 2017
There is vigorous debate about reforms to address the balance between investor protection and the right to regulate in the over 3000 existing investment treaties. This paper first notes the growing trend to analyse particular treaty rules rather than treaties as a whole and the importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695559
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Addressing the balance of interests in investment treaties : the limitation of fair and equitable treatment provisions to the minimum standard of treatment under customary internat...
Gaukrodger, David - 2017
The fair and equitable treatment (FET) provision has leapt to prominence in the last 15 years as the principal ground of liability at issue in many if not most investment treaty arbitration claims. In debates about the impact of investment treaties on the right to regulate, FET is second only to...
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Chinese Foreign Real Estate Investment and Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections
Liao, Steven - 2020
Few economic issues affect people as personally and universally as housing. Yet despite the increasing globalization of housing markets, little is known about its political implications. This study investigates whether rising Chinese investments in U.S. homes influenced local voting in recent...
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