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Do Foreign Investors Care About Labor Market Regulations?

The authors take a new look at the regulatory determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) by asking whether labor market flexibility affects FDI flows across 25 Western and Eastern European countries. Their analysis is based on firm level data...

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Main Authors: Spartareanu, Mariana, Smarzynska Javorcik, Beata
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
ABATEMENT COSTS
ACCOUNTING
CAPITAL FLOWS
CORRUPTION
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
ECONOMIC REVIEW
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPLOYMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
EXCHANGE RATE
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROLS
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES
FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY
GOVERNANCE INDICATORS
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT FLOWS
INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
INVESTMENT INFLOWS
INVESTMENT LOCATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES
LABOR MARKETS
LAWS
LEGISLATION
MARKET SIZE
MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
POLICY RESEARCH
POLLUTION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARY
TAX RATE
TAX RATES
TAXATION
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
INVESTORS
LABOR LAWS
LABOR REGULATIONS
BUSINESS FINANCING
LABOR INFORMATION
COLLECTIVE ACTIONS
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
SERVICES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3565779/foreign-investors-care-labor-market-regulations
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14298

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3565779/foreign-investors-care-labor-market-regulations
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14298

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