Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of governance indicators (political stability, control of corruption, rule of law, regularity quality, voice and accountability and government effectiveness) on foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to African countries....

Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Global Capital, Democratic Institutions, and the Welfare State: A Theoretical Overview -- The Methodological Approach: Combining...

How has Latin America coped with external shocks and economic vulnerabilities in the aftermath of the global financial crisis? Managing Economic Volatility in Latin America looks at how the region has fared in recent years in an environment of uncertainty. It presents a collection of novel...

The level of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) flows from ASEAN countries has increased rapidly in past two decades. This book examines OFDI trends and patterns in the ASEAN region including the impact of the ASEAN Economic Community. It also provides analyses of country policies...

Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Part one Preamble -- 1 Global Capital Markets: Overview and Origins -- 1.1 Theoretical benefits -- 1.1.1 International risk sharing -- 1.1.2...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. Global Capital Flows to East Asia: Surges and Reversals -- 2. The Role of Mutual funds and Other International Investors in Currency Crises -- 3. International Bank Lending and the East Asian Crisis -- 4. Foreign Capital...

The recent crisis has spurred the use of stress tests as a (crisis) management and early warning tool. However, a weakness is that they omit potential risks embedded in the banking groups' geographical structures by assuming that capital and liquidity are available wherever they are needed...

Conceptualizing labour and capital mobilities in Asia / Preet S. Aulakh and Philip Kelly -- Offshore spaces, multi-scalar bordering processes and the segmented mobilities of capital and labour in Asia / Jana M. Kleibert -- Japanese MNCs and the control of overseas direct investments :...