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The aim of this study was to ascertain the growth effects of capital inflows using investment as a transmission channel … research output also showed that domestic investment has a positive and significant effect on Nigerian economic growth. From … the findings of the study, it is concluded that capital inflow and domestic investment has positively contributed to the …
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This paper argues that there are several factors that investors must take into account when choosing to invest or not. One of the most important factors, which goes largely undiscussed in existing literature, is the behavior of governments undergoing political reform. Specifically, the...
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investment. For countries with less developed financial markets and weaker institutions, our estimates for the FDI coefficient … are larger than one, suggesting FDI stimulates investment in other sectors of the economy (spillover effects). Over the … longer term, each dollar of FDI generates at least one additional dollar of local investment. In transition countries with …
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This article examines the role of bilateral FDI and income convergence in affecting HDI increase in countries with …’s GDP, source country's FDI towards the home country, source country total FDI, home country total FDI, and the percentage … of source country FDI towards source country total FDI with both countries HDI convergence. Measurement is carried out …
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We extend Antras and Helpman (2004) on firm heterogeneity and organizational choice to a dynamic setting with FDI … uncertainty, in which the probability of investment failure decreases with the host country's infrastructure level and increases … succeeding in FDI increases. We show that a minimum level of infrastructure is required to trigger a first wave of industrial …
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This paper explores the impact of MNEs on innovation systems and the policy options available for peripheral economies to attract and embed the R&D activities of MNEs. After developing the conceptual and policy framework, we discuss the case of the new member states from Central and Eastern...
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This paper explores the impact of MNEs on innovation systems and the policy options available for peripheral economies to attract and embed the R&D activities of MNEs. After developing the conceptual and policy framework, we discuss the case of the new member states from Central and Eastern...
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Drawing upon the literature on environmental innovation and social metabolism, this paper investigates whether technology can lessen the problem of scarce natural resources. We focus on fossil and biomass materials as important resources for production and consumption. Utilizing a dynamic panel...
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in Russia. Governments commonly use SEZ policies to develop and diversify exports, create jobs, and launch technology and …. This study reveals that, in Russia, the government's approach in developing these initiatives has strongly interfered with …
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This article focuses on the determinants of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in Russia. The article briefly … describes the historical context of foreign investment policymaking in Russia since the beginning of the economic transition to … literature review, the most commonly cited determinants explaining inward FDI in Russia include market size, labour productivity …
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