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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808481703321

Titolo

Foreign direct investments in Asia / / edited by Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Yung Chul Park and Sung Jin Kang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-82593-2

1-283-10453-9

9786613104533

1-136-82594-0

0-203-83095-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 89

Altri autori (Persone)

Chalongphob Sussangkarn

KangSong-jin <1964->

PakYong-ch'ol <1939->

Disciplina

332.67/3095

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign - Southeast Asia

Investments, Foreign - East Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Foreign Direct Investments in Asia; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1 Overview; 2 The development of foreign direct investment and its impact on firms' productivity, employment and exports in Indonesia; 3. Foreign direct investment and spillovers in Malaysia; 4. Linkages and spillovers in Philippine manufacturing: does FDI have positive effects?; 5. Inward and outward FDI and the restructuring of the Singapore economy; 6. The impact of foreign direct investment on productivity, employment and export performance of Thai firms

Sommario/riassunto

This book covers nine countries of ASEAN and the East Asian area, including major Asian countries, and compares their respective policies to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDI). Through comparative study of FDI promotion policies, this book will give policy makers in the area of FDI promotion an overview and comparison of the FDI policies of other countries. In addition, researchers at graduate, post-graduate or professional level will gain from the econometric methodology and



detailed definitions of various spillover effects (horizontal and vertical), which will be beneficial to their