Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 208,371
Cover Image
The Role of Geography and Institutions in determining FDI flows into Italian Provinces
Battista, Attilio Di - European Regional Science Association - 2013
(in terms of market access to Mediterranean and European countries) and institutions (presence of Mafia-type crime …, corruption of public officers, inefficiency of the labour judicial system). Provinces with better access to neighbouring … subjects, fewer corruption episodes and lower presence of organized crime should also be associated with higher flows of FDIs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740438
Cover Image
The role of geography and institutions in determining FDI flows into Italian Provinces
Di Battista, Attilio - 2013
(in terms of market access to Mediterranean and European countries) and institutions (presence of Mafia-type crime …, corruption of public officers, inefficiency of the labour judicial system). Provinces with better access to neighbouring … subjects, fewer corruption episodes and lower presence of organized crime should also be associated with higher flows of FDIs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514693
Cover Image
Where do foreign firms locate in France and why?
Mayer, Thierry - Economics Department, European Investment Bank (EIB) - 2004
This paper studies the determinants of individual location choices of manufacturing production units by foreign affiliates. It concentrates on the specific case of FDI location in France over the period from 1985 to 1995 and evaluates, in particular, how regional policies in favour of French...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004984647
Cover Image
How do Firms Agglomerate? A Study of FDI in France
Crozet, Matthieu; Mayer, Thierry; Mucchielli, Jean-Louis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper studies the determinants of location choice by foreign investors in France. A new sample of almost 4000 location choices over ten years and 92 administrative locations is used to measure two important issues: To what extent do foreign investors cluster spatially and are the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124361
Cover Image
Regional Policy and FDI Location – an Overview of the Larger New EU Member States
Hunya, Gabor - 2014
The paper compares three countries (Hungary, Poland and Romania) in terms of the number of greenfield FDI projects and of GDP by NUTS-2 sub-country regions. We discuss whether the particular regions received a smaller or larger share of projects than their share in GDP. Then we outline the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100129
Cover Image
Regional Policy and FDI Location – an Overview of the Larger New EU Member States
Hunya, Gabor - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2014
Summary The paper compares three countries (Hungary, Poland and Romania) in terms of the number of greenfield FDI projects and of GDP by NUTS-2 sub-country regions. We discuss whether the particular regions received a smaller or larger share of projects than their share in GDP. Then we outline...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820191
Cover Image
Organized Crime and Foreign Direct Investment : The Italian Case
Daniele, Vittorio - 2014
The paper estimates the effects of organized crime on FDI inflows in 103 Italian provinces in the period 2004-06. The presence of organized crime at a provincial level is quantified through several indicators, based on data for different kinds of crimes: extortion; association for criminal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709116
Cover Image
Organized Crime and Foreign Direct Investment : The Italian Case
Daniele, Vittorio - 2011
The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of crime on FDI inflows in 103 Italian provinces. The incidence of criminality is measured through the number of complaints for different kinds of crime. The analysis has been conducted using different estimation methods for panel data. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012756493
Cover Image
Stimuliert der BioRegio-Wettbewerb die Bildung von Biotechnologieclustern in Deutschland?
Engel, Dirk; Heneric, Oliver - 2005
Regions with biotechnology-specific knowledge seem to have best chances to attract potential entrepreneurs to establish a biotechnology-firm. Furthermore, regional oriented technology policy is supposed to stimulate the creation process of biotechnology clusters, too. The BioRegio contest (BRC)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297462
Cover Image
Do University Based Regions Really Attract Outside Entrepreneurs: The Case of the German Biotechnology Industry
Engel, Dirk; Heneric, Oliver - 2005
The paper tests empirically the role of knowledge stocks to explain the regional distribution of Germany?s biotechnology founders. We present an unique approach to highlight the role of knowledge spillovers as we differentiate according the local embeddedness and research affinity of founders....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297473