. Two of the essays add to the empirical determinants of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) and to the numerous … and large positive effect on investment flows. -- Publisher description …

-oriented environment conducive to more sound external investment. The lessons of this book are as applicable in other regions of the world … long-term investment, as the Asian crisis of the late 1990s has proven. This book, the result of a joint project between … able to use policy to direct capital inflows into investment and thereby reduce the risk of instability in the financial …

private consumption while others, like the ASEAN economies, need to raise investment. Given that China accounts for such a …