Foreign Direct Investment and Competition Policy
ثبت نشده
چکیده
Background A synergy exists between investment liberalisation and the effective application of competition policy. An effective competition policy does not only remove obstacles to entry, but can also facilitate foreign investment flows by providing a predictable legal and regulatory environment that reduces the scope of arbitrary decision-making. Regulation of the business practices of investors through competition law is less restrictive and distortive than other policy instruments can be.
منابع مشابه
The Host Iranian Economy and Foreign Direct Investment: A Comparative Analysis
In this paper fourteen selected developing economies, including Iran, are compared to evaluate the Iranian position in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). The evaluation is based on economic performance, risk, liberalization policy, and FDI determinant indicators. The results show that the Iranian economy has a sound economic performance and its economic, financial, and political risks ...
متن کاملEnvironmental Quality and Growth Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria
Abstract The study examines the growth effects of foreign direct investment on environmental quality in Nigeria between 1970 and 2013. Variables like per capita income, environmental degradation, foreign direct investment, human capital, inflation, trade openness, interest rate, and the interaction term between foreign direct investment and carbon emission were employed in the study. A long r...
متن کاملTax Rate and Tax Base Competition for Foreign Direct Investment
This paper argues that the large reduction in corporate tax rates and only gradual widening of tax bases in many countries over the last decades are consistent with tougher international competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). To make this point we develop a model in which governments compete for FDI using corporate tax rates and tax bases. The model’s predictions regarding the slope o...
متن کاملتبیین نظری و تجربی رابطه بین سرمایهگذاری مستقیم خارجی و بدهیهای خارجی ایران (2009-1971)
Capital accumulation, as one of the major prerequisites of economic growth process, could be provided from internal or external resources. Foreign financial resources as a supplement for domestic savings, in addition to bridging the investment savings gap, are regarded as a solution to confront with foreign currency gap. Foreign debts are deemed as one of the foreign financial resources in deve...
متن کاملBargaining Models of Foreign Direct Investment with Host Country Market Structures and Policy Implications *
In this paper, we present Nash bargaining models that describe foreign firms’ and host countries’ decisions on foreign direct investment (FDI) when host country product markets are characterized by certain types of market structures. We show that, under certain conditions, the host country and foreign parent firm (FP) are both better off in equilibrium if FP chooses to form a joint venture (JV)...
متن کامل