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Leader behaviour and the natural resource curse
... Our main focus in this paper is on centralized (leader’s behaviour) mechanisms, which seem to have received relatively less attention so far. However, we make some comments on decentralized responses as well. Decentralized mechanisms are essentially rent seeking stories. Resource rents directly chan ...
... Our main focus in this paper is on centralized (leader’s behaviour) mechanisms, which seem to have received relatively less attention so far. However, we make some comments on decentralized responses as well. Decentralized mechanisms are essentially rent seeking stories. Resource rents directly chan ...
CHAPTER I Global Investment Trends
... of their reduced access to international capital markets and new policy measures that sought to reduce “round-tripping” investments (chapter II). Regional conflict has also dampened the confidence of some West Asian MNEs. Against this general downward trend, a limited number of developing economies ...
... of their reduced access to international capital markets and new policy measures that sought to reduce “round-tripping” investments (chapter II). Regional conflict has also dampened the confidence of some West Asian MNEs. Against this general downward trend, a limited number of developing economies ...
Does direct foreign investment affect domestic firms
... more costly because they were generally considered more risky. This problem was compounded by the fact that interest rates were fixed, thus creating excess demand for loans and the likelihood of credit rationing. Because of interest rate ceilings, banks could not compensate for the extra cost of le ...
... more costly because they were generally considered more risky. This problem was compounded by the fact that interest rates were fixed, thus creating excess demand for loans and the likelihood of credit rationing. Because of interest rate ceilings, banks could not compensate for the extra cost of le ...
Determinants of FDI at the Regional Level in China
... divided into two types: First, those targeted at cost savings, which pursue a production cost edge in host countries where FDI is mainly focused on producing locally and then exporting; and second, for those companies who aim to expand their market presence through increasing their penetration in “l ...
... divided into two types: First, those targeted at cost savings, which pursue a production cost edge in host countries where FDI is mainly focused on producing locally and then exporting; and second, for those companies who aim to expand their market presence through increasing their penetration in “l ...
Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets
... decisions. These data enable the use of parent-year fixed effects that implicitly control for a variety of unobserved attributes. The analysis indicates that the likelihood of using arm’s length licensing to serve a foreign market increases with measures of investor protections, as suggested by the m ...
... decisions. These data enable the use of parent-year fixed effects that implicitly control for a variety of unobserved attributes. The analysis indicates that the likelihood of using arm’s length licensing to serve a foreign market increases with measures of investor protections, as suggested by the m ...
Biofuels Investment and Community Land Tenure in Tanzania
... acquired approximately 34,000 ha in Kilwa District for the cultivation of jatropha. By 2009, Bioshape was bankrupt and had withdrawn from Kilwa, only ever cultivating a small area of jatropha trial plots and engaging in some timber harvesting from their much larger plot of land. The land they acquir ...
... acquired approximately 34,000 ha in Kilwa District for the cultivation of jatropha. By 2009, Bioshape was bankrupt and had withdrawn from Kilwa, only ever cultivating a small area of jatropha trial plots and engaging in some timber harvesting from their much larger plot of land. The land they acquir ...
Draft report on the proposal for a regulation of the
... Amendments to a draft act Amendments by Parliament set out in two columns Deletions are indicated in bold italics in the left-hand column. Replacements are indicated in bold italics in both columns. New text is indicated in bold italics in the right-hand column. The first and second lines of the hea ...
... Amendments to a draft act Amendments by Parliament set out in two columns Deletions are indicated in bold italics in the left-hand column. Replacements are indicated in bold italics in both columns. New text is indicated in bold italics in the right-hand column. The first and second lines of the hea ...
Monetta Young Investor Fund
... 50% of its assets in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and other funds that seek to track the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”) or other broad-based market indices that primarily include stocks of large capitalization U.S. companies. The balance of the Fund is directly invested in common stocks of companies ...
... 50% of its assets in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and other funds that seek to track the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”) or other broad-based market indices that primarily include stocks of large capitalization U.S. companies. The balance of the Fund is directly invested in common stocks of companies ...
The past five years have seen market behaviour dominated by
... For nearly all equity index types, from global to country-specific, many Asian and European institutions in the study name large-cap bias as a major problem encountered with these indices. Asian investors cite additional issues, such as developed-market bias in global equity indices, and investors f ...
... For nearly all equity index types, from global to country-specific, many Asian and European institutions in the study name large-cap bias as a major problem encountered with these indices. Asian investors cite additional issues, such as developed-market bias in global equity indices, and investors f ...
Not so Great Expectations: A Model of Growth and Informational Frictions
... van Wincoop (2006, 2008) investigate the role of higher-order expectations introduced by dispersed information in the determination of asset prices. My study focuses on the impact on asset prices and real activity when agents learn not only from endogenous information in prices generated by disperse ...
... van Wincoop (2006, 2008) investigate the role of higher-order expectations introduced by dispersed information in the determination of asset prices. My study focuses on the impact on asset prices and real activity when agents learn not only from endogenous information in prices generated by disperse ...
The Development of Collective Investment
... partner offering partnerships to a relatively small number of investors who become limited partners. Partnership CISs are designed to attract a few investors who are usually institutional or professional investors. Unlike the other three forms of CISs already discussed Partnership CISs are not permi ...
... partner offering partnerships to a relatively small number of investors who become limited partners. Partnership CISs are designed to attract a few investors who are usually institutional or professional investors. Unlike the other three forms of CISs already discussed Partnership CISs are not permi ...
FSLGAB comments Nov 2012 - Financial Services Board
... A representative office cannot be a company per se as it is not a corporate or juristic entity, it is as the name implies, a representative office, nothing more. Section 23 of the Companies Act provides that an external company (defined as “a foreign company that is carrying on business, or non-prof ...
... A representative office cannot be a company per se as it is not a corporate or juristic entity, it is as the name implies, a representative office, nothing more. Section 23 of the Companies Act provides that an external company (defined as “a foreign company that is carrying on business, or non-prof ...
The_Socio - Migration for development
... Consumption can have a positive impact on economic activity through the multiplier effect ...
... Consumption can have a positive impact on economic activity through the multiplier effect ...
HEALTH - Knowledge and Virtue | Muhammad Ali Khan
... mostly still originating in developed countries, outside the region. India, Bangladesh and Pakistan attract most of their FDI inflows from countries outside the region. ...
... mostly still originating in developed countries, outside the region. India, Bangladesh and Pakistan attract most of their FDI inflows from countries outside the region. ...
Asian Journal of Empirical Research
... productive sectors of the economies. In this scenario, FDI option is expected to provide the only alternative. This is because a part from being non-debt creating investment, FDIs are simultaneous packaged with managerial and technological expertise. Many schools of thought argue that FDI may have p ...
... productive sectors of the economies. In this scenario, FDI option is expected to provide the only alternative. This is because a part from being non-debt creating investment, FDIs are simultaneous packaged with managerial and technological expertise. Many schools of thought argue that FDI may have p ...
Outsourcing in a Global Economy*
... (2001) have used trade in intermediate inputs or in parts and components to proxy for what they have variously termed ‘vertical specialization’, ‘intra-product specialization’ and ‘global production sharing’. While these are all imperfect measures of outsourcing as we would define it, the authors do ...
... (2001) have used trade in intermediate inputs or in parts and components to proxy for what they have variously termed ‘vertical specialization’, ‘intra-product specialization’ and ‘global production sharing’. While these are all imperfect measures of outsourcing as we would define it, the authors do ...
The effect of Foreign Direct Investment on economic growth in OPEC
... to economic growth. FDI is defined as ‘an investment involving a long-term relationship and reflecting a lasting interest and control of a resident entity in an economy other than that of the foreign direct investor’ (Alfaro, Chanda, Kalemli-Ozcan and Sayek, 2004). Former research shows that there c ...
... to economic growth. FDI is defined as ‘an investment involving a long-term relationship and reflecting a lasting interest and control of a resident entity in an economy other than that of the foreign direct investor’ (Alfaro, Chanda, Kalemli-Ozcan and Sayek, 2004). Former research shows that there c ...
German Model Treaty -2008 Treaty between the Federal
... (4) The treatment granted under this Article shall not relate to advantages which either Contracting State accords to investors of third States by virtue of an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation in the field of taxes on income and assets or other agreements regarding matters of taxation. ...
... (4) The treatment granted under this Article shall not relate to advantages which either Contracting State accords to investors of third States by virtue of an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation in the field of taxes on income and assets or other agreements regarding matters of taxation. ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Nir Jaimovich Sergio Rebelo
... It is surprisingly di¢ cult to make this story work in a standard business cycle model. Cochrane (1994), Danthine, Donaldson, and Johnsen (1998), and Beaudry and Portier (2004, 2008) …nd that many variants of the neoclassical growth model fail to generate a boom in response to expectations of higher ...
... It is surprisingly di¢ cult to make this story work in a standard business cycle model. Cochrane (1994), Danthine, Donaldson, and Johnsen (1998), and Beaudry and Portier (2004, 2008) …nd that many variants of the neoclassical growth model fail to generate a boom in response to expectations of higher ...
connected transaction formation of joint ventures in
... the parties, the Investment Agreement also provides for the right of a party (other than DPFZA and Great Horn) to exit from their investment in the event of a default by DPFZA and also the right of DPFZA to buy out a defaulting party’s interest, in both cases, at a fair market value to be determined ...
... the parties, the Investment Agreement also provides for the right of a party (other than DPFZA and Great Horn) to exit from their investment in the event of a default by DPFZA and also the right of DPFZA to buy out a defaulting party’s interest, in both cases, at a fair market value to be determined ...
Sea of Opportunity
... will lead to a better quality of life for millions – if not billions – of people around the world. While there is continued interest from traditional government and philanthropic sources on issues of plastic pollution, very little investment capital has flowed to directly address this fast-growing a ...
... will lead to a better quality of life for millions – if not billions – of people around the world. While there is continued interest from traditional government and philanthropic sources on issues of plastic pollution, very little investment capital has flowed to directly address this fast-growing a ...
Trading Authority — Workplace Investing Retirement Plans
... This agreement and its enforcement are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, except with respect to its conflicts-of-law provisions. This agreement is in addition to any other agreements between the parties and Fidelity and does not restrict any rights that may be created, eithe ...
... This agreement and its enforcement are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, except with respect to its conflicts-of-law provisions. This agreement is in addition to any other agreements between the parties and Fidelity and does not restrict any rights that may be created, eithe ...
Tsung Sheng Liu , Polaris Financial Group, Taiwan
... (2) Globalization, liberalization, lead to the new space in new financial products development. (3) Intensively market competition forces the investment trust companies to enhance its product development capability and level of internationalization ...
... (2) Globalization, liberalization, lead to the new space in new financial products development. (3) Intensively market competition forces the investment trust companies to enhance its product development capability and level of internationalization ...
Brochure - The Brookdale Group
... of investment opportunities, evaluation of prospective investments for conformance with each fund’s objectives, negotiation and consummation of transactions, and ongoing asset management with respect to the funds’ portfolios. Discretion Full investment and liquidation discretion is afforded to the B ...
... of investment opportunities, evaluation of prospective investments for conformance with each fund’s objectives, negotiation and consummation of transactions, and ongoing asset management with respect to the funds’ portfolios. Discretion Full investment and liquidation discretion is afforded to the B ...