Using data from two detailed, nationally representative, household datasets, we explore whether women who are economically empowered are less likely to experience domestic violence. We find that, while working women may be at a greater risk of violence, higher earnings are associated with a...

We examine ways in which economists can communicate more effectively to policymakers and the broader public about offshoring and international trade.

Free trade zones possess many attributes of capitalist economies and can attract foreign companies, foreign investment in domestic companies, industrial production, and wealth generation. However, such zones are also troubling; they can produce several negative results including a strong mafia...

Since the end of the Cold War, developing a better framework to correctly recognize which direction globalization and the transition will take us has been necessary. The transition economies of China and Central Europe, in particular, hold significant implications for East Asian integration and...

Chinese telecom-equipment maker Huawei has become a global corporate giant, yet security concerns from US officials have kept it from gaining a foothold in America, intensifying US-China tensions. In a time of great economic need, US desire for foreign direct investment from China is clashing...

Direct foreign investments play a major role in the process of economic restructuring of the host country both directly through the introduction of new technologies or the modernization of the existing ones, the development of new activities, the encouragement of the local suppliers for their...

This thesis examines the impact of institutions, especially the financial institutions, on international trade and foreign direct investments. The first four chapters study the financial institutions and their impact on trade and international specialization. Specifically, the first chapter...

Since the Indian government had traditionally viewed power as a key infrastructure sector, it was the first to be opened to foreign direct investment in 1991. Foreign power companies were allowed 100 per cent ownership, automatic investment approval and other incentives. In response, all of the...

This paper aims to identify the main determinants of FDI in Latin America during the period 1990–2010. Evidence points to positive influences on FDI inflows of trade openness, maintaining low short-term debt levels and presenting a balance of payment deficit, government stability and low...