This report provides a broader context for the evaluation of the Czech invest's supplier development program (SDP). This is done by analyzing: (i) the factors driving sourcing decisions of multinational...
Using a unique data set on the Czech Republic for 1994-2003, this article examines the relationship between a firm's liquidity constraints and its supply linkages with multinational corporations (MNCs)...
This issue includes the following: dollar a day revisited, by Martin Ravallion, Shaohua Chen, and Prem Sangraula; evidence on changes in aid allocation criteria, by Stijn Claessens, Danny Cassimon, and...
While there exists sizeable literature documenting the importance of ethnic networks for international trade, little attention has been devoted to studying the effects of networks on foreign direct investment...
The authors use a firm-level panel data set from Romania to examine whether the nationality of foreign investors affects the degree of vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment. Investors' country...
Economists have long recognized that richer countries trade more among themselves than with poorer economies due to a closer match of exporter supply structures and importer preferences. In the literature...
This paper examines whether the degree of spillovers from foreign direct investment is affected by the foreign ownership share in investment projects. The analysis, based on an unbalanced panel of Romanian...