Improvements in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Rankings : Do they Translate into Greater Foreign Direct Investment Inflows?

Improvements in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Rankings : Do they Translate into Greater Foreign Direct Investment Inflows?

The World Bank's Ease of Doing Business reports have been ranking countries since 2006. However, do improvements in rankings generate greater foreign direct investment inflows? This study is the first to test such a proposition empirically wit...

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Main Author:	Jayasuriya, Dinuk
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNT ACCOUNTS BOND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS TAXES CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CURRENCY CURRENCY DEPRECIATION DETERMINANTS OF GOVERNANCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DIVIDEND DOUBLE TAXATION DUMMY VARIABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKETS EXCHANGE RATES EXTERNAL INVESTORS FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKETS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE RANKING GOVERNANCE RANKINGS HOST COUNTRY INCOME INCOME TAXES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTOR PROTECTION JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE LEGAL RIGHTS LEGAL SYSTEM LEGAL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY LOCAL FINANCIAL MARKETS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MARKET SIZE MONETARY FUND MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES POLITICAL STABILITY POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY RIGHTS REAL EXCHANGE RATE RULE OF LAW SOCIAL CAPITAL TAX TAX RATES TAXATION POLICY TRADING TRANSITION ECONOMIES VALUATION WORLD ECONOMY
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