Various studies in the past have examined the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth of both developed and developing countries. However, research on the influence of foreign direct investment on an expanded conception of socio-economic progress such as human development is...

It is generally acknowledged that domestic investment boosts economic growth, yet the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) is not as clear, with some studies suggesting the need for a miniumum threshold level of development in order for FDI to be beneficial. In this paper we conduct an...

The liberalization of FDI is deepening, so have the incentive schemes put in place by anumber of countries. Investment promotion agencies in these countries are seen to beactively promoting their countries as the best locations for foreign direct investment(FDI). With FDI emerging as a fovourite...

There is a growing literature exploring the increasing fragmentation of production processes and the evolution of internationally-dispersed but functionally-integrated economic activities. However, most of this literature appears to neglect an important part of the story, that is the form and...

Internationale Investitionsverträge – Bestandsaufnahme und Reformansätze (Kurzzusammenfassung der Dissertation, Michael Efler, 28.5.2005)Die beiden zentralen und eng miteinander verbundenen Fragestellungen dieser Arbeit sind, ob ein internationaler Investitionsvertrag abgeschlossen werden...

This dissertation explores the concept of globalization as a new world era, andexamines changes in the patterns of global FDI flows, with a focus on Extractive FDIinflows to Third-World or developing countries. It looks at the increased presence ofmultinational corporations (MNCs) in the...

This dissertation explores the concept of globalization as a new world era, andexamines changes in the patterns of global FDI flows, with a focus on Extractive FDIinflows to Third-World or developing countries. It looks at the increased presence ofmultinational corporations (MNCs) in the...

We develop a new methodology to decompose the observed decline in multinational corporations' (MNCs') effective tax rates into profit shifting to tax havens and several other components. We apply this methodology to the best available data for MNCs headquartered in the US - from the Bureau of...

In this paper, we empirically re-assess the question which theoretical models and motives are most suitable to explain global patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). Compared to previous studies, we use bilateral FDI positions with a much more comprehensive coverage of emerging and...

The theory of tax competition suggests that different tools might be used to attract physical capital and taxable profits. While it is assumed that FDI in real activity is deterred by high effective taxes, investment undertaken for purpose of profit-shifting is deterred by a higher statutory tax...