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Differential effects of trade on economic growth and investment : a cross-country empirical investigation
Were, Maureen - In: Journal of African trade : official journal of the … 2 (2015) 1/2, pp. 71-85
The paper empirically examines the differential effects of trade on economic growth and investment based on cross …-country data. In general, the results are largely consistent with the positive impact of trade on economic growth as found in the … literature. However, the empirical results based on different categories of countries show that whereas trade has positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845329
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Multinational firms and business cycle transmission : conference paper
Menno, Dominik - 2014 - This version: February 3, 2014
This paper studies the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the transmission of international business cycles …. I document for the G7 countries between 1991 and 2006 that increases in bilateral FDI linkages are associated with more … synchronized investment cycles. I also find that the relation between FDI integration and synchronization of gross domestic product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010482488
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Patterns of international capital flows and productivity growth : new evidence
MacDonald, Margaux - 2015
Recent evidence from developing and emerging economies shows a negative correlation between growth and net capital inflows, a contradiction to neoclassical growth theory. I provide updated and disaggregated evidence on the origins of this puzzle. An analysis of the components of capital flows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295656
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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
employs a system of equationsto investigate the nexus between FDI, portfolio and domestic investment in Pakistan. The main … domestic, especially on private investment, in Pakistan. The resultsshow that FDI inflows promoted domestic investment in … Pakistan, where FDI and domestic investment reported a one-to-one relationship. The findings of the study also confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814350
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Sovereign Debt Markets in Turbulent Times : Creditor Discrimination and Crowding-Out Effects
Broner, Fernando - 2014
In 2007, countries in the euro periphery were enjoying stable growth, low deficits and low spreads. Then the financial crisis erupted and pushed them into deep recession, raising their deficits and debt levels. By 2010, they were facing severe debt problems. Spreads increased and, surprisingly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058811
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Sovereign Debt Markets in Turbulent Times : Creditor Discrimination and Crowding-Out
Broner, Fernando - 2014
In 2007, countries in the Euro periphery were enjoying stable growth, low deficits, and low spreads. Then the financial crisis erupted and pushed them into deep recessions, raising their deficits and debt levels. By 2010,they were facing severe debt problems. Spreads increased and, surprisingly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059093
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Intangible capital formation, international equity investments, and output synchronization
Baldi, Guido; Bodmer, André - 2018
We analyze the effects of intangible investment on international output synchronization. Using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, we find that an increase in the importance of intangible capital leads to a higher degree of output comovement across countries. Therefore, countries in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011857136
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Investment for the demographic window in Latin America
Rodriguez, Maria Jose - 2019
This paper studies the behavior of investment during demographic transitions. In particular, I focus on the period where the working age to population ratio reaches its maximum, namely the demographic window. I document that in Europe, Asia, and Oceania investment rates are higher 15 years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616387
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Why the Feldstein-Horioka "puzzle" remains unsolved
Felipe, Jesus; Fullwiler, Scott; Yusoph, Al-Habbyel - 2022
This paper argues that the 40-year-old Feldstein-Horioka "puzzle" (i.e., that in a regression of the domestic investment rate on the domestic saving rate, the estimated coefficient is significantly larger than what would be expected in a world characterized by high capital mobility) should have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322570
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Outward FDI and Domestic Investment
Herzer, Dierk; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2007
This paper examines the impact of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on domestic investment by applying co-integration techniques to macroeconomic time series data for the United Sates and Germany. We show that the two countries differ: In the case of the US, OFDI has positive long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260909