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This paper quantifies the welfare impact of unilateral trade liberalization and computes the optimal tariff structure for Costa Rica in the presence of trade-policy-induced international capital flows and foreign capital taxation. For this, an applied general equilibrium model integrating trade,...
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The research delves into the determinants of inward FDI to Colombia in the context of economic integration promoted by … the country more attractive to foreign direct investment (FDI), in a framework of fiscal discipline and a stable economic … environment for economic growth, albeit characterised by complex institutional conditions. Government reforms have revitalized FDI …
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attracting FDI has proven, however, to be a difficult and slow process. Foreign direct investment is accepted as one of the key … supportive components of an economic transition strategy, but some of the key determinants of FDI are also ones that characterize … are also important determinants of FDI. A basic understanding of these determinants can aid future policy makers. This …
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analysis of two methodologically very distinct databases - Eurostat FDI data for FDI flows and stocks, and the FDI Intelligence …, the EU has less weight. But after correcting for particularities in FDI data, such as the prominent role of Hong Kong and … off-shore centres in Chinese FDI and of Mauritius in Indian FDI, the EU ranks higher also in these countries. In a direct …
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China's need for vast amounts of minerals to sustain its high economic growth rate has led Chinese investors to acquire stakes in natural resource companies, extend loans to mining and petroleum investors, and write long-term procurement contracts for oil and minerals in Africa, Latin America,...
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FDI from the European Union (EU) ranks before FDI from North America (NA) in some of the Latin American countries. We … investigate the impact of EU- versus NA-FDI on the growth rate including about 50 controls. Country specific effects and parameter … best models and most robust parameters. Our results indicate that positive effects of FDI are dependent on the functioning …
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It is now over three decades since the eleven EU member states in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (EU-CEE) started their transition to market capitalism. All countries experienced deep recessions in the early 1990s, but since have achieved mostly sustained convergence with Western...
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The object of research is the transformation of the world energy market under the influence of investment. The study of the impact of investments on the transformation of the world energy market was carried out in terms of market, structural, and organizational parameters in the following...
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This paper suggests the importance and benefits that foreign direct investment (FDI) exerts in a host economy … on some endogenous economic growth theories, in Technological progress and FDI we will approach the way how FDI affects … will demonstrate how the Portuguese Government has been fostering inward FDI to promote its successful automotive cluster …
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The report investigates the impact of regulatory barriers to FDI entry in services, with emphasis on ASEAN countries … regulatory barriers and other business costs on the volume of bilateral FDI entry. This analysis is data-intensive, using … information on bilateral FDI patterns between 230 countries, based on a unique database that covers the period 2001 to 2016.The …
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