000 02564nam  2200337za 4500
0019.833275
003CaOODSP
00520221107150203
007cr |||||||||||
008170302s2017    oncd    ob   f000 0 eng d
040 |aCaOODSP|beng
041 |aeng|bfre
043 |an-cn---
0861 |aFB3-5/2017-9E-PDF
1001 |aAkhtaruzzaman, Muhammad.
24510|aExpropriation risk and FDI in developing countries |h[electronic resource] : |bdoes return of capital dominate return on capital? / |cby M. Akhtaruzzaman, Nathan Berg and Christopher Hajzler.
260 |a[Ottawa] : |bBank of Canada, |c2017.
300 |aii, 57, [12] p. : |bchart
4901 |aBank of Canada staff working paper, |x1701-9397 ; |v2017-9
500 |a"February 2017."
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 39-45).
5203 |a“Previously reported effects of institutional quality and political risks on foreign direct investment (FDI) are mixed and, therefore, difficult to interpret. We present empirical evidence suggesting a relatively clear, statistically robust, and intuitive characterization. Institutional factors that affect the likelihood of an abrupt and total loss of foreigners’ capital (i.e., return of capital) dominate those that affect rates of return conditional on a strictly positive terminal investment value (i.e., return on capital). A one-standard deviation reduction in expropriation risk is associated with a 72 per cent increase in FDI, which is substantially larger than the effects of any other dimensions of institutional quality simultaneously controlled for in our empirical models of FDI inflows. This evidence is consistent with the predictions of a standard theory of FDI under imperfect contract enforcement. We show in the context of a simple model with endogenous expropriation that, when there is a binding threat of expropriation, foreign investors can become unresponsive to differences in other dimensions of institutions and political risk, and may even reduce optimal investment as these institutions improve"--Abstract, p. ii.
546 |aIncludes abstract in French.
69207|2gccst|aDeveloping countries
69207|2gccst|aForeign investments
69207|2gccst|aExpropriation
7001 |aBerg, Nathan,|d1972-
7001 |aHajzler, Christopher M.
7102 |aBank of Canada.
830#0|aStaff working paper (Bank of Canada)|x1701-9397 ; |v2017-9|w(CaOODSP)9.806221
85640|qPDF|s733 KB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/banque-bank-canada/FB3-5-2017-9-eng.pdf