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Avinash Dixit - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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international trade Foreign Direct Investment and security
Annual Review of Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Avinash DixitAbstract:The main focus of this review is on international trade and Foreign Direct Investment when the institutions that provide the security of property rights and enforcement of contracts are imperfect. Some issues of national security related to poor governance of international transactions are also considered. The discussion organizes a selective overview of the literature and offers some suggestions for future research.
Eric Neumayer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the relationship between double taxation treaties and Foreign Direct Investment
Tax Treaties: Building Bridges between law and economics 2010 ISBN 978-90-8722-085-3 págs. 3-18, 2010Co-Authors: Fabian Barthel, Matthias Busse, Richard Krever, Eric NeumayerAbstract:This paper explores the question whether entering into double tax treaties leads to more Foreign Investment. The topic has been the subject of a number of studies that have generated inconsistent results. The paper reviews previous studies and notes the limitations that may have affected their results. It reports on a comprehensive regression analysis survey that drew upon a far larger data set and considered more independent variables than previous studies. The study found that the strong correlation between entering into double tax treaties and attracting more Foreign Direct Investment is stronger than the relationship with most other independent variables. It considers, however, whether there may be other exogenous factors that can explain both the increase in treaties and in Foreign Direct Investment.
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trade openness Foreign Direct Investment and child labor
World Development, 2005Co-Authors: Eric Neumayer, Indra De SoysaAbstract:Summary The skeptics of globalization argue that increased trade openness and Foreign Direct Investment induce developing countries to keep labor costs low, for example, by letting children work. This article argues that there are good theoretical reasons why globalization might actually have the opposite effect. We test this with various measures of child labor and provide the first analysis of Foreign Investment in addition to trade. We present evidence that countries that are more open to trade and/or have a higher stock of Foreign Direct Investment also have a lower incidence of child labor. This holds for the labor force participation rate of 10–14-year old children, the secondary school nonattendance rate and a count measure of economic sectors with child labor incidence as the dependent variables. Globalization is associated with less, not more, child labor.
Wolfgang Keller - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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international trade Foreign Direct Investment and technology spillovers
Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, 2010Co-Authors: Wolfgang KellerAbstract:This chapter examines how international flows of technological knowledge affect economic performance across industries and firms across different countries. Motivated by the large share of the world's technology Investments made by firms that are active across country borders, we focus on international trade and multinational enterprise activity as conduits for technological externalities, or spillovers. In addition to a review of recent empirical research on technology spillovers through trade and Foreign Direct Investment, the discussion guided by a model of Foreign Direct Investment, trade, and endogenous technology transfer. There is evidence for technology spillovers from both international trade and the activity of multinational enterprises. The analysis highlights challenges for future empirical research, as well as the need for additional data on technology and innovation.
Indra De Soysa - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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trade openness Foreign Direct Investment and child labor
World Development, 2005Co-Authors: Eric Neumayer, Indra De SoysaAbstract:Summary The skeptics of globalization argue that increased trade openness and Foreign Direct Investment induce developing countries to keep labor costs low, for example, by letting children work. This article argues that there are good theoretical reasons why globalization might actually have the opposite effect. We test this with various measures of child labor and provide the first analysis of Foreign Investment in addition to trade. We present evidence that countries that are more open to trade and/or have a higher stock of Foreign Direct Investment also have a lower incidence of child labor. This holds for the labor force participation rate of 10–14-year old children, the secondary school nonattendance rate and a count measure of economic sectors with child labor incidence as the dependent variables. Globalization is associated with less, not more, child labor.
Muhammad Shahbaz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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does Foreign Direct Investment impede environmental quality in high middle and low income countries
Energy Economics, 2015Co-Authors: Muhammad Shahbaz, Samia Nasreen, Faisal Abbas, Omri AnisAbstract:Under a multivariate framework, this paper aims to investigate the nonlinear correlation between Foreign Direct Investment and environmental degradation for high-, middle-, and low-income countries with economic growth and energy consumption as additional determinants of environmental degradation. All variables were found to be nonstationary and cointegrated based on recent panel data unit-root tests and cointegration techniques. On applying fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS), the long-run results suggest the presence of an environmental Kuznets curve. In turn, Foreign Direct Investment increases environmental degradation, thus confirming the pollution haven hypothesis (PHH). Moreover, the biDirectional causality between CO2 emissions and Foreign Direct Investment is observed globally. The findings are sensitive to different income groups and regional analyses. In particular, these empirical findings aid sound economic policymaking for improving environmental quality and sustainable economic development.
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natural gas consumption and economic growth the role of Foreign Direct Investment capital formation and trade openness in malaysia
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015Co-Authors: Sakiru Adebola Solarin, Muhammad ShahbazAbstract:The objective of this paper is to reinvestigate the relationship between natural gas consumption and economic growth by including Foreign Direct Investment, capital and trade openness in Malaysia for the period of 1971–2012. The structural break unit root test is employed to investigate the stationary properties of the series. We have applied combined cointegration test to examine the relationship between the variables in the long run. For robustness sake, the ARDL bounds testing method is also employed to test for a possible long run relationship in the presence of structural breaks. We note the validity of cointegration between the variables. Natural gas consumption, Foreign Direct Investment, capital formation and trade openness have positive influence on economic growth in Malaysia. The results support the presence of feedback hypothesis between natural gas consumption and economic growth, Foreign Direct Investment and economic growth, and natural gas consumption and Foreign Direct Investment. The policy implications of these results are provided.
