This paper examines the causal link between foreign investment and firm performance in six small open economies in the European Union. Specifically, using micro data for manufacturing and services over the period 2001–2009, we analyse the effects of foreign mergers and acquisitions on labour...

European Union and the United States have decided to start negotiations over a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Among other things, the agreement would include a reduction in trade and investment barriers as well as barriers against participation in public procurement projects. If...

Der Wirtschaftsstandort Iran bietet ausländischen Investoren gute Investitionsmöglichkeiten. Zudem sind die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen für Auslandsinvestitionen in diesem Land seit der Implementierung des neuen Investitionsgesetzes in 2001 günstig. Der Zufluss der...

This paper examines the firm-level determinants of foreign acquisitions of New Zealand companies, and the consequences for both the purchased firms and the workers within those firms. We follow a combined propensity score matching and difference-in- differences approach to identify and address...

This paper examines remuneration and labour mobility patterns among workers in foreign-owned firms operating in New Zealand. By tracking workers as they move across jobs in different types of firms, we document the extent of the "foreign wage premium" distinguishing between compositional factors...

This book describes China's growing range of activities in Africa, especially in the sub-Saharan region. The three most important instruments China has at its disposal in Africa are development aid, investments and trade policy. The Chinese government, which believes the Western development aid...

Vielfach wird vermutet, dass die deutschen Unternehmen Arbeitsplätze aus Kostengründen ins Ausland verlagern und damit in Deutschland ein Arbeitsmarktproblem verursachen. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt hingegen, dass Direktinvestitionen, die aus Kostengründen getätigt werden, nur etwa ein...

This paper investigates the design and implications of international investment agreements. These are ubiquitous, potent and heavily criticized state-to-state treaties that protect foreign investment against host country policies. We show that optimal agreements cause national but not global...

Im Rahmen der Pollution Haven Hypothese wird davon ausgegangen, dass Länder mit strengen Umweltstandards die Produktion verschmutzungsintensiver Güter in Länder mit weniger strengen Umweltauflagen verlagern. Dies würde für den Standortwettbewerb zwischen Ländern um ausländische...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) projects are assumed to be accompanied by potential external effects - so-called FDI spillovers - which are supposed to affect productivity levels of other firms in a host country. Empirical results on this topic are inconclusive and most studies focus on one...