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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Bibliographic Details
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
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110906093409
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3550

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3550

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