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What drives FDI from non-traditional sources? A comparative analysis of the determinants of bilateral FDI flows

Sosa Andrés, Maximiliano; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Busse, … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-1, pp. 1-53

Non-traditional source countries of FDI play an increasingly important role, notably in developing host countries. This raises the question of whether the location choices differ systematically between traditional and non-traditional source countries. We perform Logit and Poisson Pseudo Maximum...

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Globalisation of production and markets

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Gundlach, Erich; Agarwal, Jamuna Prasad - 1994

Since the 1980s, competitive pressure has increased in the world economy. In addition to traditional trade flows, the …

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Weltkonjunktur und deutsche Konjunktur im Winter 2013

Boysen-Hogrefe, Jens; Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Plödt, Martin; … - 2013

[Weltkonjunktur belebt sich spürbar] Die Aussichten für die Weltwirtschaft haben sich zum Jahreswechsel 2013/2014 aufgehellt. Faktoren, die die Weltkonjunktur in den vergangenen beiden Jahren spürbar belasteten, haben an Bedeutung verloren. In den Vereinigten Staaten ist die Konsolidierung im...

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Is Old Money Better than New? Duration and Monetary Regimes

Rose, Andrew K.; Mihov, Ilian - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 (2008) 2008-13, pp. 1-24

We compare the duration and performance of different monetary regimes, especially the contrast between countries those that fix exchange rates and those that target inflation. Inflation targeting is a more durable policy; no country has yet been forced to abandon an inflation target, while many...

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The costs of favoritism: Is politically-driven aid less effective?

Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2010

World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated - such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …

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Vernetzte Sphären' als Herausforderung für eine moderne Ordnungspolitik

Schick, Gerhard; Renner, Andreas - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 80 (2000) 6, pp. 366-370

Die zunehmende Verflechtung von Staat, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft stellt die Ordnungspolitik vor ein Dilemma: Die Kluft zwischen dem eigenen Steuerungsanspruch und der faktischen Steuerungsfähigkeit wird immer größer. Wie ist diese Entwicklung zu bewerten? In welchem Rahmen kann der...

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Gebremster Preisanstieg bei Rohstoffen

Matthies, Klaus - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 82 (2002) 11, pp. 689-691

Der HWWA-Rohstoffpreisindex hat sich in diesem Jahr kräftig erhöht. Industrierohstoffe verteuerten sich allerdings hauptsächlich zu Beginn des Jahres, ab dem zweiten Quartal stagnierten sie. Die Preise für Rohöl, die bis Ende September auf den höchsten Stand seit 16 Monaten geklettert...

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Towards a Dynamic Model of the Interplay Between International Institutions

Loewen, Howard - 2006

International institutions increasingly affect each other's development, maintenance and effectiveness. Research so far has merely focused on the issue of effectiveness and broader consequences. The paper argues firstly that theoretical progress could be promoted by integrating variables...

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From the great moderation to the global crisis: Exchange market pressure in the 2000s

Aizenman, Joshua; Lee, Jaewoo; Sushko, Vladyslav - 2010

This paper investigates the factors explaining exchange market pressures (EMP) and the hoarding and use of international reserves (IR) by emerging markets during the 2000s, as the Great Moderation turned to the 2008-9 global crisis and great recession. According to our results, both financial...

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When is there a strong transfer risk from the sovereigns to the corporates?

Bai, Jennie; Wei, Shang-jin - 2012

When a sovereign faces the risk of debt default, it may be tempted to expropriate the private sector. This may be one reason why international investment in private companies has to take into account the sovereign risk. But the likelihood of sovereign risk transferring to corporates and...

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