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Political Risk, Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment
Hefeker, Carsten; Busse, Matthias - 2005
The paper explores the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows. Using different econometric techniques for a data sample of 83 developing countries and the period 1984 to 2003, we identify those indicators that matter most for the activities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295448
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The effects of transition and political instability on foreign direct investment inflows : Central Europe and the Balkans
Brada, Josef C. (contributor);  … - 2004
This paper examines the effect of transition and of political instability on FDI flows to the transition economies of … Central Europe, the Baltics and the Balkans. We find that FDI to transition economies unaffected by conflict and political … tends to increase FDI inflows. In the case of Balkan countries, conflict and instability have reduced FDI inflows below what …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328508
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Mitigation of foreign Direct investment risk and hedging
Wahl, Jack E.; Broll, Udo - 2009
(FDI) decision. Our study assesses country risk by state-dependent preferences and introduces futures contracts as a tool … derivatives market. This may explain the empirical result, why host country risk is not a significant determinant of FDI (Bevan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941158
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Political Risk and International Valuation
Bekaert, Geert - 2015
Measuring the impact of political risk on investment projects is one of the most vexing issues in international business. One popular approach is to assume that the sovereign yield spread captures political risk and to augment the project discount rate by this spread. We show that this approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015661
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Sovereign Theft : Theory and Evidence about Sovereign Default and Expropriation
Tomz, Michael - 2009
This paper examines two major risks to foreign investors: default on sovereign debt and expropriation of foreign direct investment, which we refer to collectively as "sovereign theft." Using a series of formal models, we analyze how the incentives to engage in sovereign theft vary with the state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160487
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Insurgency, political risk, and foreign direct investment inflows in Nigeria : a sectorial analysis
Danjuma, Iyaji - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 12 (2021) 2, pp. 27-57
FDI inflows to the banking, construction, manufactur- ing, oil and gas, and telecommunication sectors in Nigeria. Thus … to 2017Q4. Findings show that terrorism adversely affects FDI inflow to telecommunication sector, while corruption … other to enhance the country's attractiveness to FDI inflow. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013272883
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The Institutional Environment for Multinational Investment
Henisz, Witold J. - 2011
This paper demonstrates that the effect of political hazards on the choice of market entry mode varies across multinational firms based on the extent to which they face expropriation hazards from their potential joint-venture partners in the host country (the level of contractual hazards). As...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014038022
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Investing in Emerging Markets : Finding Out how Political Risk Influences FDI in Russia
Popovich, Andrey - 2007
In this research it was studied whether or not political risks have had any direct influence on the inflow of FDI in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025990
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Political Risk, Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment
Busse, Matthias; Hefeker, Carsten - 2005
The paper explores the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows. Using different econometric techniques for a data sample of 83 developing countries and the period 1984 to 2003, we identify those indicators that matter most for the activities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065608
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The Effects of Transition and Political Instability on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows : Central Europe and the Balkans
Brada, Josef C.; Kutan, Ali M.; Yigit, Taner M. - 2005
This paper examines the effect of transition and of political instability on FDI flows to the transition economies of … Central Europe, the Baltics and the Balkans. We find that FDI to transition economies unaffected by conflict and political … tends to increase FDI inflows. In the case of Balkan counties, conflict and instability have reduced FDI inflows below what …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066952