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(in terms of market access to Mediterranean and European countries) and institutions (presence of Mafia-type crime …, corruption of public officers, inefficiency of the labour judicial system). Provinces with better access to neighbouring … subjects, fewer corruption episodes and lower presence of organized crime should also be associated with higher flows of FDIs …
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(in terms of market access to Mediterranean and European countries) and institutions (presence of Mafia-type crime …, corruption of public officers, inefficiency of the labour judicial system). Provinces with better access to neighbouring … subjects, fewer corruption episodes and lower presence of organized crime should also be associated with higher flows of FDIs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514693
territories that have their own culture and institutions, upon which investment decisions are made. From this perspective …
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Corruption has become endemic in many African countries and is difficult to eradicate completely; therefore, reducing … corruption to a tolerable level that will not deter foreign investors must be the aspiration of all political leaders and … stakeholders. This study tries to identify the level of corruption that is tolerable to foreign investors, which is referred to as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392138
tolerable level of corruption for investment (TLCI) in Africa (-0.27) over recent years. Moreover, corruption has been observed … estimated TLCIs for Europe and Asia are 0.534 and -0.735, respectively, on the control of corruption scale, which ranges from … reason may be due to the nature, scope, social role and the perception of corruption across these regions. …
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This paper estimates a dynamic foreign direct investment (FDI) gravity model to explore the impact of corruption in …, probably due to econometric inconsistencies and misuse of data. The more robust findings are that corruption has an …
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tolerable level of corruption for investment (TLCI) in Africa (-0.27) over recent years. Moreover, corruption has been observed … estimated TLCIs for Europe and Asia are 0.534 and -0.735, respectively, on the control of corruption scale, which ranges from … reason may be due to the nature, scope, social role and the perception of corruption across these regions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544611
Corruption has become endemic in many African countries and is difficult to eradicate completely; therefore, reducing … corruption to a tolerable level that will not deter foreign investors must be the aspiration of all political leaders and … stakeholders. This study tries to identify the level of corruption that is tolerable to foreign investors, which is referred to as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480625
The paper examines the debates regarding place-neutral versus place-based policies for economic development. The analysis is set in the context of how development policy thinking on the part of both scholars and international organizations has evolved over several decades. Many of the previously...
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EU regional policy is an investment policy. It supports job creation, competitiveness, economic growth, improved quality of life and sustainable development. These investments support the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy. The present paper analysis two strategically different options of EU...
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