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We use a panel of 4979 cross-border and domestic takeovers to test the relation between host country corruption and premiums paid for local targets. Host country corruption is negatively associated with target premiums, after correcting for other governance related factors such as political...
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Given the increased internationalisation of the Portuguese economy through outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI … FDI and trade. We use panel data analysis within a framework of gravity equations for exports and imports, with a sample …
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The objective of this paper is to measure, through econometric techniques, the existence of trade spillovers from Transnational Corporations present in Uruguayan’s manufacturing sector in 1990-2000. The principal conclusions are that the export behavior of TNC affiliates is more significant...
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between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the balance of payments constraint to growth in developing countries, and states … that different “types of FDI” may affect this constraint in opposite directions, as they are explained by alternative … run FDI series analysis and resuming some characteristics of the last period. Finally, in the third section, some …
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This report develops a set of indicators of innovation in a number of the natural resource industries in Canada. It then uses these indicators to assess trends in innovation over time in these industries. The innovative performance of Canadian natural resource industries is also compared with...
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investment (FDI) are most likely to take place through contacts between MNCs and their local suppliers, our finding suggests that … well-developed financial markets may be needed in order to take full advantage of the benefits associated with FDI inflows. …
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In recent decades, foreign direct investment (FDI) played an important role in achieving economic growth and … development especially for developing countries. FDI bring capital and introduced new technology. Moreover, the new technology can … also spill over to the local firms in the host country. For this reason, FDI often considered as the most significant …
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How does foreign direct investment (FDI) affect economic growth in less developed countries (LDCs)? What is its … developed countries between 1970 and 1989. FDI is positively associated with economic growth within this sample of countries …. However, there is no strong association between FDI and changes in income inequality within these same countries and over this …
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suggests that China's tariff policies affect her export ability, the scale of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the growth of …
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This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the development in a number area where similar trends are...
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