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externality. This paper reviews the recent economic literature on diaspora networks and development from the perspective of the … global South. It is split into two parts: a first section reviews the effect of diaspora networks on trade, foreign … the diaspora, investigating on a macro-level the role of migration in cultural convergence across countries and on a micro …
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In this paper we investigate the twofold effect of demographics on international factor flows in a model with endogenous policy constraints on both foreign direct investment and migration. Factor price differences between industrialized and developing countries create economic incentives for...
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, surpassing the volume of FDI and official development assistance that the country receives. This study focuses primarily on the … different types of volatility; remittances are found to be a less volatile source of external finance than FDI and ODA that are … be acyclical and stabilizing, whereas FDI emerges as pro-cyclical and destabilizing. Furthermore, remittances are …
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The gravity model has provided a tractable empirical framework to account for bilateral flows not only of manufactured goods, as in the case of merchandise trade, but also of financial flows. In particular, recent literature has emphasized the role of information costs in preventing larger...
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The gravity model has provided a tractable empirical framework to account for bilateral flows not only of manufactured goods, as in the case of merchandise trade, but also of financial flows. In particular, recent literature has emphasized the role of information costs in preventing larger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787347
specific channel through which the possible "diaspora externality" associated with the current emigration of both poorly and … workers in the total emigration stock the larger is the inward FDI flow …
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outward FDI to their countries of origin. Drawing upon aggregated individual-level refugee and project-level FDI data, we … show that outward FDI to refugees' countries of origin grew more from those U.S. commuting zones that hosted greater … refugees fostered FDI to their home region, while national domestic reforms in Vietnam amplified the positive FDI …
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Few economic issues affect people as personally and universally as housing. Yet despite the increasing globalization of housing markets, little is known about its political implications. This study investigates whether rising Chinese investments in U.S. homes influenced local voting in recent...
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This study examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on privately owned domestic firms in the Gulf oil … producing countries. It provides its analysis through an examination of the role of FDI in sustainable economic development and … the extent to which the interaction between FDI and private sector enterprises can enhance their productivity and …
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Many developing countries in need of foreign capital for development have implemented policies to attract foreign direct investment. At the same time, these countries attracted by the foreign currency earnings brought back by migrant workers in the form of remittances are promoting overseas...
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