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The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of European integration on the location of investments by Swedish multinational corporations (MNCs). Evidence is presented about the extent to which European integration has attracted investment by Swedish MNCs, and whether foreign direct...
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experiments to assess the welfare effects of trade and investment liberalization in general equilibrium. Specifically, we address … and when is it harmful for a single economy or the whole word? Second, is pure investment liberalization a welfare … maximizing strategy? Third, when is either kind of liberalization (trade, investment or both) welfare improving and when neither? …
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Over the past two decades, the growth rate of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing and transition economies has increased significantly. Given the role of physical capital accumulation in determining the economic growth rate, it is important to assess how domestic investment...
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While the recent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) to African countries is a welcome development, the question remains as to the impact of these resource inflows on economic development. This study posits that a key channel of the impact of FDI on development is through its effects on...
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We investigate a multi-market Cournot model with strategic process R&D investments wherein a multi-market monopolist meets entrants that enter one of the markets. We find that entry can enhance the total R&D expenditure of the incumbent firm. That is, entry can stimulate R&D effort. Moreover,...
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The study empirically examined the impact of governance on domestic investment in 16 African countries with a balanced … panel data set, between the years 2002 and 2015. The study employed six unbundled governance indicators from the World Bank …, World Governance Indicators and constructed three bundled governance indicators using the Principal Component Analysis. The …
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The study empirically examined the impact of governance on domestic investment in 16 African countries with a balanced … panel data set, between the years 2002 and 2015. The study employed six unbundled governance indicators from the World Bank …, World Governance Indicators and constructed three bundled governance indicators using the Principal Component Analysis. The …
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