The Impact of Investment Policy in a Changing Global Economy : A Review of the Literature

Evidence shows that foreign direct investment can provide many benefits to host countries, including productivity improvements, better jobs, and knowledge transfer. Further, it can serve as a vehicle for transformation of domestic production and be...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Echandi, Roberto, Krajcovicova, Jana, Qiang, Christine Zhenwei
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	TAX INCENTIVES WITHDRAWAL INVESTMENT PLANS MARKET STRUCTURE FOREIGN CAPITAL EQUIPMENT CHECKS TAX RATES FOREIGN INVESTMENT INVESTMENT PROMOTION STOCK FOREIGN INVESTORS MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY INTEREST FOREIGN OWNERSHIP GUARANTEES ARM INVESTMENT REGULATIONS INVESTMENT POLICIES EMERGING ECONOMIES PRIVATE CREDIT INVESTOR PROTECTION EXCHANGE DOMESTIC MARKET DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ASSET EXPORTERS REVENUES JOINT VENTURES INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT REINVESTMENTS MARKET SHARES INCENTIVES TAX OWNERSHIP INCOME TAX TREATIES MARKET ACCESS INTERNATIONAL BANK FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INSTRUMENTS DISPUTE RESOLUTION POLITICAL RISKS BUDGET CONVERSION FOREIGN MARKETS STATUTORY TAX RATES AMOUNT OF CAPITAL LABOR MARKET ARBITRATION LACK OF TRANSPARENCY GLOBAL ECONOMY CURRENCY EXTENSIVE EXPORT GROWTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT HOST ECONOMY INVESTMENT OPERATIONS PORTFOLIOS DOMESTIC CAPITAL HOST COUNTRIES CONTRACTS TAX EXEMPTIONS ARBITRAL AWARDS FOREIGN FIRMS INVESTMENT INCENTIVES GLOBALIZATION MARKETS MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES RETURN SETTLEMENT ACCUMULATION ENTRY BARRIERS INVESTMENT CLIMATE CONDITIONS DIRECT INVESTMENT TAX REVENUES INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT RETURN ON ASSETS FINANCE TAXES ACCESS TO INFORMATION TAX COMPETITION INVESTMENT DECISIONS TRANSACTIONS INVESTMENT FLOWS INVESTMENT REGIMES EMERGING MARKETS POTENTIAL INVESTORS EQUITY TRANSACTION INVESTORS MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY TAX CREDIT GOOD TAX RATE TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIOS TURNOVER FUTURE VALUE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS RETURNS INVESTOR CONFIDENCE CONTRACT INVESTMENT PATTERNS PROPERTY INVESTMENT TAX CREDITS SHARES AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS ASSETS MARKET EMERGING EQUITY INVESTMENT INVESTMENT POLICY MULTINATIONAL FIRMS INSURANCE EXPROPRIATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS TAX CREDITS INVESTOR GOODS FIXED ASSETS DOMESTIC INVESTMENT GLOBAL TRADE SECURITY STOCKS INVESTMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE HOST COUNTRY SHARE POVERTY TREATY AFFILIATED POLITICAL STABILITY REVENUE INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS INCOME TAX RATE TRANSITION ECONOMIES COMMODITIES HOST ECONOMIES PROFITS CAPITAL INVESTMENT LABOR MARKETS FOREIGN EQUITY EXPORT SHARE GUARANTEE POLITICAL RISK COMPETITION INVESTING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25147224/impact-investment-policy-changing-global-economy-review-literature http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22859