Foreign Direct Investment - Faculty Directory | Berkeley-Haas
... Application: Chinese Corporations Law relating to wholly foreign-owned enterprises ...
... Application: Chinese Corporations Law relating to wholly foreign-owned enterprises ...
What Happened to the Great US Job Machine?
... clear call to our business and political leaders that our trade policies simply are not working. At the least, not in the national interest.” Lou Dobbs “A home advantage for U.S. corporations” CNN Friday, August 27, 2004. The business cycle downturn and recovery of the past few years has been an unu ...
... clear call to our business and political leaders that our trade policies simply are not working. At the least, not in the national interest.” Lou Dobbs “A home advantage for U.S. corporations” CNN Friday, August 27, 2004. The business cycle downturn and recovery of the past few years has been an unu ...
The Cultural Dimension of Globalization
... by the rapid development of new information and transportation technologies. These innovations are reshaping the social landscape of human life. The Internet relays distant information in real time, and satellites provide consumers with instant pictures of remote events. The intensification of world ...
... by the rapid development of new information and transportation technologies. These innovations are reshaping the social landscape of human life. The Internet relays distant information in real time, and satellites provide consumers with instant pictures of remote events. The intensification of world ...
ClubMed? Cyclical fluctuations in the Mediterranean Basin
... tic and foreign variables by expanding or intensifying the channels through which shocks spill across countries. An alternative view indicates that increased economic integration could lead to more asynchronous output ‡uctuations, as countries specialize in the production of goods for which they ha ...
... tic and foreign variables by expanding or intensifying the channels through which shocks spill across countries. An alternative view indicates that increased economic integration could lead to more asynchronous output ‡uctuations, as countries specialize in the production of goods for which they ha ...
Brunei Darussalam
... Brunei 2035, or Vision Brunei 2035. It puts the emphasis firmly on “accelerating economic growth” through high productivity to achieve the target of 6% average annual economic growth. To realise that goal, Brunei’s economy needs to be less reliant on the oil and gas sectors, which accounted for more ...
... Brunei 2035, or Vision Brunei 2035. It puts the emphasis firmly on “accelerating economic growth” through high productivity to achieve the target of 6% average annual economic growth. To realise that goal, Brunei’s economy needs to be less reliant on the oil and gas sectors, which accounted for more ...
Economic Performance and Economic Growth in the Early Islamic
... forged ahead and remained so consistently, while others did not. The question has been analysed through two main areas of investigation, with an array of circumstances and configurations. One, with a heavy theoretical component approach, studied the role of institutions in the process,1 while the sec ...
... forged ahead and remained so consistently, while others did not. The question has been analysed through two main areas of investigation, with an array of circumstances and configurations. One, with a heavy theoretical component approach, studied the role of institutions in the process,1 while the sec ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... National Bureau of Economic Research
... and the accumulation of a capital stock that will remain efficient even after the system ends. The mechanism that regulates the mobilization is a crossborder transfer to countries like the United States that are willing to restructure their labor markets to accommodate the rapid growth of industrial e ...
... and the accumulation of a capital stock that will remain efficient even after the system ends. The mechanism that regulates the mobilization is a crossborder transfer to countries like the United States that are willing to restructure their labor markets to accommodate the rapid growth of industrial e ...
Openness, Specialisation and Vulnerability of the Nordic Countries
... Our analysis first suggests that the Nordic countries are indeed open economies. This is supported by the significant share of value added that is created in their tradable sector. However, they are not significantly more open than comparable small economies in Europe, or even Germany which is a muc ...
... Our analysis first suggests that the Nordic countries are indeed open economies. This is supported by the significant share of value added that is created in their tradable sector. However, they are not significantly more open than comparable small economies in Europe, or even Germany which is a muc ...
Advances in Environmental Biology Mohammad Hassan Barahman and Ali Haghighat
... there is positive relationship between export growths of exporting countries and their economic growth. Robrotson (1987) believes that export is the engine for economic growth. Moreover, he claims that those countries having the highest economic growth follow faster exports growth, in comparison to ...
... there is positive relationship between export growths of exporting countries and their economic growth. Robrotson (1987) believes that export is the engine for economic growth. Moreover, he claims that those countries having the highest economic growth follow faster exports growth, in comparison to ...
Preview Sample 2
... ■ The second phase of globalization began around 1900 and was caused by the rise of electricity and steel production. ■ The phase reached its height just before the Great Depression, a worldwide economic downturn that started in 1929. ■ At the turn-of-the-century, Western Europe was the most industr ...
... ■ The second phase of globalization began around 1900 and was caused by the rise of electricity and steel production. ■ The phase reached its height just before the Great Depression, a worldwide economic downturn that started in 1929. ■ At the turn-of-the-century, Western Europe was the most industr ...
Government report - World Trade Organization
... cereals, vegetable and animal oils, sugar and dairy products accounted for 16.3 per cent of total imported goods in 2002. ...
... cereals, vegetable and animal oils, sugar and dairy products accounted for 16.3 per cent of total imported goods in 2002. ...
East-West Economic and Financial Linkages in Europe
... an important role in Europe, but there is little evidence that they are being ramped up there as they are in Asia. The importance of crossborder production chains can be measured by the size of trade in intermediate goods.50 In intraEuropean trade, they account for about 7 percent of GDP, which is h ...
... an important role in Europe, but there is little evidence that they are being ramped up there as they are in Asia. The importance of crossborder production chains can be measured by the size of trade in intermediate goods.50 In intraEuropean trade, they account for about 7 percent of GDP, which is h ...
Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures 2012
... regions and goals. While poverty and educational and gender attainment goals have seen significant progress, the other targets, i.e. reduction in child mortality, improvement of maternal health, reducing major diseases, attaining environmental sustainability and improving the conditions for developm ...
... regions and goals. While poverty and educational and gender attainment goals have seen significant progress, the other targets, i.e. reduction in child mortality, improvement of maternal health, reducing major diseases, attaining environmental sustainability and improving the conditions for developm ...
Trade Integration in East Asia
... become sources of innovation in their own right. In East Asia, industrialization tends to go hand in hand with an expansion in the varieties of goods industries produce by moving up a quality ladder of production. Third- and fourth-generation exporters also entered global trade by providing subcontr ...
... become sources of innovation in their own right. In East Asia, industrialization tends to go hand in hand with an expansion in the varieties of goods industries produce by moving up a quality ladder of production. Third- and fourth-generation exporters also entered global trade by providing subcontr ...
Economic Development - Department of Higher Education
... supply of capital, represented by bullion (gold, silver, and trade value) held by the state. It emphasised the maintenance of a high positive trade balance (maximising exports and minimising imports) as a means of accumulating this bullion. To achieve a positive trade balance, protectionist measures ...
... supply of capital, represented by bullion (gold, silver, and trade value) held by the state. It emphasised the maintenance of a high positive trade balance (maximising exports and minimising imports) as a means of accumulating this bullion. To achieve a positive trade balance, protectionist measures ...
Chapter 3
... labor to produce 1/aLW = 1/2 liter of wine. • If the domestic country does trade, it can use one hour of labor to produce 1/aLC = 1 kg of cheese, sell this amount to the foreign country at current prices to obtain 1 liter of wine. • If the foreign country does not trade, it can use one hour of labor ...
... labor to produce 1/aLW = 1/2 liter of wine. • If the domestic country does trade, it can use one hour of labor to produce 1/aLC = 1 kg of cheese, sell this amount to the foreign country at current prices to obtain 1 liter of wine. • If the foreign country does not trade, it can use one hour of labor ...
ECONOMIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH
... intensity in factor use, the incentives to pursue opportunities, and the specific capabilities required for transforming them into successful business vary between sectors. As a consequence, countries differ greatly in their sectoral growth and performance. Within an identical macroeconomic setting, ...
... intensity in factor use, the incentives to pursue opportunities, and the specific capabilities required for transforming them into successful business vary between sectors. As a consequence, countries differ greatly in their sectoral growth and performance. Within an identical macroeconomic setting, ...
How large is the bias against exports from import tariffs?
... it difficult for them to achieve their goal. To overcome these barriers, developing countries sometimes resort to various export promotion schemes, such as tax concessions, which are costly, or requests for special and differential treatment for their exports. Yet, both developing and developed countri ...
... it difficult for them to achieve their goal. To overcome these barriers, developing countries sometimes resort to various export promotion schemes, such as tax concessions, which are costly, or requests for special and differential treatment for their exports. Yet, both developing and developed countri ...
IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN PAKISTAN
... FDI increases technical progress in the host country by means of a contagion effect, (Findlay, 1978) which eases the adoption of advanced managerial procedures by the local firms. Similarly (De Gregorio, 1992) analyzed a panel of 12 Latin American countries in the period 150-1985. His results sugges ...
... FDI increases technical progress in the host country by means of a contagion effect, (Findlay, 1978) which eases the adoption of advanced managerial procedures by the local firms. Similarly (De Gregorio, 1992) analyzed a panel of 12 Latin American countries in the period 150-1985. His results sugges ...
Making Europe Great Again?
... efficiency in services was only 0.036 in 2005 (Andrews and Cingano, 2014).2 Barriers to entry and strict employment protection legislation disproportionately reduce the efficiency of labour allocation in high turnover and more innovative sectors. The growth rate of real GDP per hour worked increase ...
... efficiency in services was only 0.036 in 2005 (Andrews and Cingano, 2014).2 Barriers to entry and strict employment protection legislation disproportionately reduce the efficiency of labour allocation in high turnover and more innovative sectors. The growth rate of real GDP per hour worked increase ...
STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN
... economy as an "inflating balloon", in which added factors of production and steady flows of technological change smoothly increase aggregate GDP, may be a useful metaphor for some purposes, but it ends up overlooking some of the most essential elements of economic development (and technical change) ...
... economy as an "inflating balloon", in which added factors of production and steady flows of technological change smoothly increase aggregate GDP, may be a useful metaphor for some purposes, but it ends up overlooking some of the most essential elements of economic development (and technical change) ...
SEE 2020 Presentation
... Source: World Bank data used for 2000-2009.Data submitted by SEE economies for 2010 only. Eurostat data used for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia due to discrepancy between national and Eurostat sources. Averages weighted by population. Data labels show the average for 2010 No data submitted for K ...
... Source: World Bank data used for 2000-2009.Data submitted by SEE economies for 2010 only. Eurostat data used for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia due to discrepancy between national and Eurostat sources. Averages weighted by population. Data labels show the average for 2010 No data submitted for K ...
DRAFT FOR COMMENTS & DISCUSSION – NOT FOR QUOTATION Prepared for ARTNeT Conference on Empirical and Policy Issues of Integration
... The results on reallocation exercise indicate that labor sector reallocation effect is always negative in the primary sector. This means the Lewis effect is prevalent. In the secondary and tertiary sectors, the effect would be just opposite. In case of capital input, only when there is high rate of ...
... The results on reallocation exercise indicate that labor sector reallocation effect is always negative in the primary sector. This means the Lewis effect is prevalent. In the secondary and tertiary sectors, the effect would be just opposite. In case of capital input, only when there is high rate of ...
Colonial Independence and Economic Backwardness in Latin America
... This paper explores the connections between independence from Spain and Portugal and economic backwardness in Latin America. The release of the fiscal burden was offset by higher costs of self-government, while opening up to the international economy represented a handmaiden of growth. Independence ...
... This paper explores the connections between independence from Spain and Portugal and economic backwardness in Latin America. The release of the fiscal burden was offset by higher costs of self-government, while opening up to the international economy represented a handmaiden of growth. Independence ...