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    North - South customs unions and international capital mobility

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    NorthSouth trade accords can serve as "credibility enhancing" mechanisms for the treatment of foreign investment, inducing additional inflows of foreign capital.The presence of sovereign risk changes the trade-offs between trade creation and diversion, enhancing the potential for welfare increasing, trade diverting North South regional trade accords.
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    Catching up with Eastern Europe? : the European Union's Mediterranean free trade initiative

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    The option of a Euro Mediterranean Agreement gives the Mediterranean countries a unique opportunity to credibly pursue far-reaching trade liberalization gradually. Further unilateral efforts will be required to ensure that Mediterranean countries gain.
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    Japanese multinationals in Asia : capabilities and motivations

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    The intangible assets conducive to foreign investment derive not from research but from marketing networks and production skills. The factors most affecting foreign investment in Asia include the human capital of the hosts, the behavior of competitors, and whether earnings can be repatriated.
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    Is commodity - dependence pessimism justified? : critical factors and government policies that characterize dynamic commodity sectors

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    Commodity dependence does not necessarily lead to low income and export growth. Government policies that encourage dynamic and viable commodity sectors include:Eliminating price controls and state monopolies. Promoting research and extension. Developing transport and communications infrastructure. Enticing foreign capital and technology transfers.
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    The analysis of emerging policy issues in development finance : a survey of the literature

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    A survey of recent economic literature and a case for improving capacity in developing countries to monitor and analyze data on private capital flows, especially portfolio investment flows (through both debt and non debt instruments).Gooptu makes a case for improving capacity in developing countries to monitor and analyze data on private capital flows, especially portfolio investment flows (thr
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    Intra-Industry Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and the Reorientation of Eastern European Exports

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    To what extent does growth in exports in Central and Eastern Europe reflect economic restructuring and changes in the composition of trade as opposed to "redirection" of traditional CMEA exports to the West?In the first half of the 1990s, after the demise of central planning, exports to OECD countries from many Central and Eastern European countries grew rapidly.
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    From learning to partnership : multinational R&D cooperation in developing countries

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    Do multinationals cooperate in research and development with local firms in developing countries?
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    South - North migration and trade : a survey

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    Can trade liberalization be used to deter South North immigration? Is trade a substitute for migration? Not necessarily. Assuming that migration generates externalities, the South should liberalize trade, while the North should impose an (optimal) immigration tax.
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    How Foreign Investment Affects Host Countries

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    Foreign direct investment may promote economic development by helping to improve productivity growth and exports in the multinationals' host countries.
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    Moving to Greener Pastures? Multinationals and the Pollutionhaven Hypothesis

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    Eskeland and Harrison find almost no evidence that investors in developing countries are fleeing environmental costs at home. Instead, the evidence suggests that foreign owned plants in four developing countries are less polluting than comparable domestic plants.Are multinationals flocking to "pollution havens" in developing countries?

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