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dc.contributor.authorMina, Wasseem Michelen
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-08-
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-15T13:17:23Z-
dc.date.available2011-12-15T13:17:23Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9230-417-1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/54069-
dc.description.abstractThe paper revisits the policy debate on institutional reform approaches to property rights protection and empirically examines it in the context of FDI flows to the Middle East and Northern Africa region (MENA).Using panel data on 11 MENA countries for the period 1991-2007 and adopting feasible generalized least squares estimation methodology, the paper finds a positive influence of improvement in the risk of investment expropriationin non-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) MENA countries and of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) in GCC countries. The joint influence of domestic institutional functions and BITs is positive in specifications containing investment expropriation risk and government stability in non-GCC MENA countries, and corruption in GCC countries. Results have important policy implications for the institutional reform approach to be adopted.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Working Paper |x2011/50en
dc.subject.jelF21en
dc.subject.jelK33en
dc.subject.jelO16en
dc.subject.jelO17en
dc.subject.jelO19en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordproperty rights protectionen
dc.subject.keywordbilateral investment treatiesen
dc.subject.keywordforeign direct investmenten
dc.subject.keywordinstitutional reformsen
dc.subject.keywordMENAen
dc.subject.keywordheterogeneityen
dc.subject.stwDirektinvestitionen
dc.subject.stwEigentumsrechten
dc.subject.stwInvestitionsgarantieen
dc.subject.stwMENA-Staatenen
dc.titleInstitutional reforms debate and FDI flows to MENA region: Does one 'best' fit all?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn667970916en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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