Foreign Direct Investment
Published on 21. June 2000
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-333-80093-5 (ISBN)
Description
Offering European and Asian perspectives, this text addresses the role, the determinants and economic effects of foreign direct investment (FDI). It provides a blend of informal discussion, recent theory and empirical analysis on FDI. It covers macroeconomic as well as microeconomic and financial aspects, including the effects of taxes, network effects and multinationals.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables, graphs, figures, index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 143 mm
Weight
465 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-80093-5 (9780333800935)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Foreign direct investment, international financial flows and geography, J. Chen; determinants of foreign direct investment in Europe, C. Smekal & R. Sausgruber; marginal effective tax rates on foreign direct investment, R. Sendlhofer & H. Winner; the determinants of FDI in US manufacturing by Asian MNFs, Y. Weng & B.J. Liu; information, risk and timing of foreign direct investment - a real options perspective, R. Hule; restructuring of production networks in foreign countries - the case of Taiwanese firms, C.J. Yu; growth effects of foreign direct investment - myth or reality? H. Stocker; economic impact of export processing zones on Taiwan - a computable general equilibrium analysis, K. Chen, J. Chou, S. Wang & N. Kuo; international economic dynamics with capital movement, L. Hu; on the monetary policy under the Asian currency crisis, R. Wu.