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International Competition for Foreign Multinational Investment,
Haaland, Jan I.; Wooton, Ian - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School - 1998
We examine the economic justification for providing investment subsidies to foreign-owned multinationals. These provide … returns to scale. Offering subsidies to multinationals may be in the national interest if the investment raises the net value …, countries may compete to attract investment. This subsidy competition transfers much of the rents to the multinationals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005729953
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Competing back for foreign direct investment
Zhai, Weifeng - In: Economic Modelling 39 (2014) C, pp. 146-150
been obtained. First, policy competition does not change the attractiveness of any country as a location for investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010782000
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The role of firm ownership in policy competition for foreign direct investment between asymmetric countries
Sanjo, Yasuo - In: International Review of Economics & Finance 35 (2015) C, pp. 110-121
. It analyzes how firm ownership via foreign capital affects the investment location choice of the foreign firm, and policy … location choice of the foreign firm, as does policy competition between the host countries. Further, an increase in the inflow … location. …
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What determines whether preferential liberalization of barriers against foreign investors in services are beneficial or immizerising : application to the case of Kenya
Balistreri, Edward J.; Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David G. - 2015
Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly competitive services sectors, the literature has not established conditions under which these agreements are beneficial or harmful. The authors fill that void by developing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288486
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What determines whether preferential liberalization of barriers against foreign investors in services are beneficial or immizerising : application to the case of Kenya
Balistreri, Edward J.; Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David G. - 2015
Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly competitive services sectors, the literature has not established conditions under which these agreements are beneficial or harmful. The authors fill that void by developing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386602
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What determines whether preferential liberalization of barriers against foreign investors in services are beneficial or immizerising: Application to the case of Kenya
Balistreri, Edward J.; Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David - 2015
Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly competitive services sectors, the literature has not established conditions under which these agreements are beneficial or harmful. The authors fill that void by developing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288146
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What determines whether preferential liberalization of barriers against foreign investors in services are beneficial or immizerising: Application to the case of Kenya
Balistreri, Edward J.; Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-42, pp. 1-134
Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly competitive services sectors, the literature has not established conditions under which these agreements are beneficial or harmful. The authors fill that void by developing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387739
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Distance, trade and FDI : a Hausman-Taylor SUR approach
Egger, Peter; Pfaffermayr, Michael - 2001
This paper analyzes the effects of distance as a common determinant of exports and FDI in a three factors New Trade Theory model assuming that distance affects both pure trade costs and plant set-up costs. Exports and FDI are not necessarily substitutes with respect to distance since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011492642
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Chapter 2. Multinational Firms and the Structure of International Trade
Antràs, Pol; Yeaple, Stephen R. - In: Handbook of international economics : Volume 4, (pp. 55-130). 2014
This chapter reviews the state of the international trade literature on multinational firms. This literature addresses three main questions. First, why do some firms operate in more than one country while others do not? Second, what determines in which countries production facilities are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025384
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Asymmetric labor markets and the location of firms: Are multinationals attracted to weak labor standards?
Naghavi, Alireza - 2003
This paper studies the strategic behavior of multinationals towards weak labor standards in developing countries (South … locating in the South casting doubts on traditional beliefs that multinationals are always attracted to lower wages. Adopting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293761