Does a Country Need a Promotion Agency to Attract Foreign Direct Investment : A Small Analytical Model Applied to 58 Countries

Does a Country Need a Promotion Agency to Attract Foreign Direct Investment : A Small Analytical Model Applied to 58 Countries

Establishing an investment promotion agency has become a central part of most countries' development strategies. Today there are more than 150 investment promotion agencies worldwide. Yet very little is known about what these agencies have bee...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morisset, Jacques
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONDITIONALITY
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FDI
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GOOD INVESTMENT CLIMATE
HOST COUNTRY
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS
INVENTORIES
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT PROMOTION
INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES
INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCY
IPA
IPAS
LABOR COSTS
LDCS
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MARKET SIZE
MERGERS
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY MAKERS
POTENTIAL INVESTORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC GOOD
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
TAXATION
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UTILITY FUNCTION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
DOMESTIC INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS
UTILITY FUNCTION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2329622/country-need-promotion-agency-attract-foreign-direct-investment-small-analytical-model-applied-58-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18230

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2329622/country-need-promotion-agency-attract-foreign-direct-investment-small-analytical-model-applied-58-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18230

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