scholarly journals Dumping The Competition, And Scarring Off Investors: The Impact And Influence Of The South African Anti-Dumping And Competition Measures On Foreign Direct Investment

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 669
Author(s):  
Omphemetse S. Sibanda
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
South African ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
Regional Influence ◽  
The Impact

Since the dawn of democracy South Africa has embarked in a process of dismantling protectionist business and trade policies, and made the countrys stream of commerce one of the preferred globally. The countrys sound competition and trade policies, natural resource endowments, market size and regional influence, attracted foreign businesss and foreign direct invetsment (FDI). Equally the country has been under pressure to protect the domestic industries from injurious competition and business, through sector specific laws, anti-dumping and countervailing duties laws, investment and competition regime. The concern has been the likilelihood of the introduction of trade and competition barriers, and the allienation of FDI. This paper critically examines the impact the countrys antidumping and competition law and practice upon foreign direct investment. Domestic industries have never been shy file anti-dumping and anti-competition suits against foreign companies, sometimes even against the public interest outcry. Relevant examples of these suits include the famous Wal-Mart anti-competition case, and recently the Brazilian frozen fowl meat anti-dumping case.

scholarly journals The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Romanian Labour Market: New Evidence from a Pooled Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-34
Author(s):  
Laura Diaconu Maxim ◽  
Daniel Sterbuleac
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Foreign Firms ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
Study Results ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The present paper presents a series of results concerning the labour market impact of the foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in Romania, during the period 2005-2014. In order to reach this objective, we have conducted both an investigation of the specialized literature and an econometric analysis, based on a pooled OLS regression. The added value of this study results from the novelty aspects brought by the results, which indicate two new roles of FDI on the Romanian labour market: a potential “gap-widening” effect between the civil employment and number of employees and a “crawling” effect on the net income. Since the results showed a positive correlation between FDI and civil employment and also between FDI and the average number of employees, the first effect suggests that most of employees of the foreign firms work there less than one year. This may explain why foreign companies are not motivated to offer their employees much higher wages than the local firms and thus that the effect of FDI on nominal net income is very small (“crawling” effect).

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Sectoral Adjustment in the Irish Economy

1997 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 76-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Ruane ◽  
Holger Görg
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Foreign Firms ◽  
Export Markets ◽  
Manufacturing Plants ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
Fiscal Incentives ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Impact

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has played a crucial role in the overall development of the Irish economy over the past three decades, as the Republic of Ireland, hereafter referred to as Ireland, has pursued an industrial strategy characterised by (i) promoting export-led-growth in Irish manufacturing through various financial supports and fiscal incentives, and (ii) encouraging foreign companies to establish manufacturing plants in Ireland, producing specifically for export markets. The significance of FDI for the Irish economy is now reflected in, inter alia, the significant gap between GNP and GDP; in 1994, GNP was roughly 88 per cent of GDP in Ireland. As regards the manufacturing sector, the high shares of output and employment in foreign-owned companies in Ireland also indicate the importance of foreign firms. As we discuss in some detail in Section 3, foreign companies produced roughly 69 per cent of total net output and accounted for 45 per cent of employment in Irish manufacturing industries in 1993.

scholarly journals MARKET SIZE AS A DETERMINANT OF THE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INFLOWS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRIES

2017 ◽  
pp. 093
Author(s):  
Marija Petrović-Ranđelović ◽  
Vesna Janković-Milić ◽  
Ivana Kostadinović
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Market Growth ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment Inflows

Numerous empirical studies confirm that market size is one of the key determinants of foreign direct investment inflows, particularly market-oriented projects of foreign direct investment. Basically, the dominant view is that a larger market of the host country attracts a greater quantum of foreign direct investment. This paper examines the influence of market size, as well as the impact of market growth, trade openness, and population size on the foreign direct investment inflows into the six countries of the Western Balkans region in the period 2007-2015. Multiple regression analysis was applied in examining the impact of these variables on foreign direct investment inflows. The obtained results show that market size, market growth and population size had a significant positive impact, while trade openness had a negative impact on foreign direct investment inflows in the observed countries. Thus, the main findings of this research confirm that market size is an important determinant of the foreign direct investment inflows in the Western Balkans countries.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC FACTORS ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN SELECTED SOUTHEASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

TEME ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Andrašić ◽  
Vera Mirović ◽  
Branimir Kalaš
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Fixed Effect Model ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Macroeconomic Factors ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
The Impact

Foreign direct investment has a significant role in Southeastern European countries. The aim of the paper is reflected in assessing the character and nature of the relationship between macroeconomic factors and foreign direct investment in Southeastern European countries. Further, the subject of paper includes the examination of the impact of selected macroeconomic variables on foreign direct investment in six countries for the period from 2000 to 2012. The selected countries are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia. The research includes an examination impact of market size, national competitiveness and employment on foreign direct investment. By using the Hausman test, it was confirmed that the fixed effect model is an appropriate model in panel analysis. Based on the result, it determined the positive impact of market size, while the industry's share of GDP and employment have a negative impact on this variable. Also, the results confirmed that only the market size of the countries significantly affected on the flow of foreign direct investment in Southeastern European countries.

scholarly journals The Impact of United States Tax Policies on Sectoral Foreign Direct Investment to Asia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Mercer-Blackman ◽  
Shiela Camingue-Romance
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Corporate Income Tax ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
The Impact

Using panel data at the country and sector level spanning almost 15 years, this paper shows that the corporate income tax rate does not affect the United States’ inward foreign direct investment once market size, costs, openness, and the business environment, are taken into account. This is true for United States foreign direct investment bound to developing Asia and across most sectors.

scholarly journals Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Growth in Turkey

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melike Bildirici ◽  
Elçin Aykaç Alp ◽  
Fazıl Kayıkçı
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Threshold Cointegration ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact

This study aims at analyzing the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Turkey by using Threshold Cointegration. As the studies about the impact of Foreign Direct Investment on growth are surveyed, it is seen that all of them uses liner methods except two. Starting point of these studies that use liner methods are the positive relationship between Growth and Foreign Direct Investment. As such, Yılmaz and Barbaros (2006) find positive relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and market size in Turkey between 1980 and 2001. Erdal and Tatoğlu (2002) reach the same conclusion for the period of 1980-1998 by using real Gross Domestic Product as a proxy for market size. Deichmann, Karidis and Sayek (2003) find positive linkage between Foreign Direct Investment and Gross Domestic Product in Turkey by using Conditional Logit Model. Bildirici and Bozoklu (2008) find positive relationship between growth and Foreign Direct Investment by using Markov Switching Vector Auto Regression method. Katırcıoğlu (2009) analyses the connection between Foreign Direct Investment and economic development by using Auto Regressive Distributed Lag and indicates that economic development causes net Foreign Direct Investment. Darrat and Sarkar (2009) state the affirmative effects of the Foreign Direct Investment on growth as expected theoretically. Bildirici, Bozoklu (2008) find positive relationship between growth and Foreign Direct Investment in Turkey. Bildirici, Alp and Kayıkçı (2010) state the existence of threshold effect for these variables. This study intends to research this effect in historical perspective, using Threshold Cointegration Analysis.

scholarly journals Foreign Direct Investment in Retail Industry in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3S) ◽  
pp. 388-391
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Retail Industry ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Retail Market ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The Government of India was initially very apprehensive of the introduction of the Foreign Direct Investment in the Retail Sector in India. The unorganized retail sector as has been mentioned earlier occupies 98% of the retail sector and the rest 2% is contributed by the organized sector. The unorganized retail sector contributes about 14% to the GDP and absorbs about 7% of our labor force. Retail is the sale of goods to end users, not for resale, but for use and consumption by the purchaser. The retail transaction is at the end of the supply chain. Manufacturers sell large quantities of products to retailers, and retailers sell small quantities of those products to consumers. This study has been undertaken foreign direct investment has affected the Indian retail industry. The inflow of foreign direct investment has boosted growth in the retail industry and increased the gross domestic product of India. Government policy and other determinants have been discussed to study and analyze the impact. The Indian retail market is a developing market and has potential for investments. There had been a restriction in the inflow of foreign direct investment till 2006. But since 2006, there has been a positive change in the government policy thereby allowing foreign companies to invest in India and become an owner. The paper elucidates the growth between different sectors of Indian retail industry, the tax incentives and determinants for inflow of foreign direct investment. This study focuses on foreign direct investment inflows in selected retail sectors

scholarly journals Impact of Telecommunication Infrastructure, Market Size, Trade Openness and Labor Force on Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anis Wahyu Meidayati
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
International Economics ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Telecommunication Infrastructure ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The Impact

AbstractForeign Direct Investment (FDI) in recent years has created a positive impact for ASEAN countries. FDI give spillover effects that directly contribute capital improvements, technological developments, and global market access, also skills and managerial transfers. In order to attract FDI inflow into country, ASEAN member countries need to know what factors which attract investment related to the needs of infrastructure types and other factors. The purpose of this study is examine the determinant of FDI in ASEAN countries. This research method used is panel data regression period 2005-2015 from 10 countries in ASEAN. The results showed simultaneously and partially telecommunication infrastructure, market size, trade openness, and labor force variable have significant relationship with FDI inflows in ASEAN countries.Keywords: panel data regression, telecommunication infrastructure, market size, trade openness, labor force, FDI.ReferencesAppleyard, DR. 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