The objective of this study is to assess governance drivers of FDI in a panel of BRICS and MINT countries for the … period 2001-2011. We bundle and unbundle governance determinants using a battery of contemporary and non …, while the majority of our governance determinants of Gross FDI are significant, they are overwhelmingly insignificant for …

relationships (the governance) among the various actors involved in these activities and their implications for development. The … recent literature on global value chains and their governance takes this element explicitly into account, and we explore it … quantitative measure of their governance, which takes into account different levels and types of buyer involvement with supplier …

governance determinants using a battery of contemporary and non-contemporary estimation techniques. The following findings are …, they are not for net FDI. Second, for contemporary specifications, the significance of the governance dynamics is as … follows in increasing order of magnitude: general governance, political governance, economic governance, political stability …

, countrywide profits, and welfare. Firms face resource constraints and wages are simultaneously determined. Relative to free trade … technology. Domestic welfare is unambiguously penalized. Hence, the general-equilibrium cross-sector perspective goes against the …

(PTAs) and show that the indirect effects can give rise to trade diversion. We also characterize the welfare effects of … persistent finding is that, in the absence of appropriate regulation, preferential trade liberalization can be welfare …

strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint. Importantly, trade costs affect cartel shipments and welfare not …

, countrywide profits, and welfare. Firms face resource constraints and wages are simultaneously determined. Relative to free trade … technology. Domestic welfare is unambiguously penalized. Hence, the general-equilibrium cross-sector perspective goes against the …

(PTAs) and show that the indirect effects can give rise to trade diversion. We also characterize the welfare effects of … persistent finding is that, in the absence of appropriate regulation, preferential trade liberalization can be welfare …