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Davies, Ronald B. - 2019

This essay addresses the recent deceleration in the pace of global FDI and asks whether multinational corporations are … actually in retreat. It identifies the forces that are slowing the expansion of FDI, and sketches the role that multinational …

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The special issue on FDI and multinational corporations : an introduction

Harms, Philipp; Wacker, Konstantin - 2019

This paper offers an introduction to the special issue on FDI and multinational corporations. It summarizes the …

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Political Risk, Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment

Hefeker, Carsten; Busse, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005

The paper explores the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows. Using different econometric techniques for a data sample of 83 developing countries and the period 1984 to 2003, we identify those indicators that matter most for the activities of...

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Subsidy Competition in Integrating Economies

Albornoz, Facundo; Corcos, Gregory - Department of Economics, University of Birmingham - 2005

Regional integration affects location decisions of MNCs and therefore influences each member country’s provision of investment incentives, which in turn may trigger relocation. As a consequence, subsidy competition increases as integration proceeds. We analyze the welfare consequences of this...

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Optimal policy for FDI incentives: An auction theory approach

Luski, Israel; Rosenboim, Mosi - In: European Research Studies Journal XII (2009) 3, pp. 61-76

A multinational corporation’s (MNC) entry into a host country brings benefits to the economy of that country, some direct (such as increasing production and employment) and some indirect (such as productivity spin-off). Governments that view MNCs as engines for growth and regional development...

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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties: More Than a Bit?

Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … extensive dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …

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FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties More Than a Bit

Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982641

FDI Promotion through Bilateral Investment Treaties More Than a Bit

Busse, Matthias; Königer, Jens; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2008

order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565041

The single market and the geographical diversification of leading firms in the EU

Barry, Frank G.; Pavelin, Stephen - 2003

countries. Ireland, which began its rapid FDI-fuelled convergence on average EU living standards over our data period, emerges …

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The Hardships of Long Distance Relationships: Time Zone Proximity and Knowledge Transmission within Multinational Firms

Bahar, Dany - 2018

Using a unique dataset on worldwide multinational corporations with precise location of headquarters and affiliates, I present evidence of a trade-off between distance to the headquarters and the knowledge intensity of the foreign subsidiary’s economic activity, emerging from dynamics related...

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