In March 2013, Eurozone members and the International Monetary Fund offered a €10 billion rescue loan for fellow member Cyprus – representing more than half of its gross domestic product. Bailout would come with conditions, which will weaken Cyprus' traditional role as an offshore financial...

This article intends to answer the following question: Does a corrupt host country receive less or more FDI inflows after controlling for other determinants of FDI location?Our results show that the corruption level in the host country has an adverse effect on FDI inflows: a one-point increase...

Over the past two decades, the growth rate of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing and transition economies has increased significantly. Given the role of physical capital accumulation in determining the economic growth rate, it is important to assess how domestic investment...

Since the early 1990s, developing countries have seen a rapid growth in their outward investments. The share of South, East and South-East Asia in global outward FDI has substantially increased in the last two decades. Due to the increasing importance of this region in global outward FDI, this...

This essay aims to examine the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) from China to Australia by analysing the proposed acquisition of Australian-based mining company Rio Tinto by the Chinese state-owned aluminium producer Chinalco. The proposed deal is illustrative of China's interest in...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in extractive industries (mining and quarrying) is expected to increase dramatically in many developing countries, due to the rising global demand for commodities. One key question for policymakers is whether this form of FDI could help spur investments in other...

Measuring the impact of political risk on investment projects is one of the most vexing issues in international business. One popular approach is to assume that the sovereign yield spread captures political risk and to augment the project discount rate by this spread. We show that this approach...

This paper examines the importance of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on economic growth. Using a panel data set for 27 transition economies over the period 1991-2004 as well as the methodology of panel cointegration and causality tests, the empirical findings show that FDI does exhibit a...

This case study explores and engages the strategic importance of china Pakistan economic corridor having based on $46 billion investment. The project is expected to bring about flood of opportunities not only for the two main players but other nations which are found to be interested in making...

An overview of the investments made by Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), defined as the region encompassing the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia. The analysis considers all investments made by the funds as of the end of July...