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International Investment, Political Risk, and Growth

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  1. Philipp Harms

    1. University of Konstanz, Germany

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-7

  3. Unstable Growth and International Investment: Empirical Evidence and Literature Survey

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    Pages 9-24

  4. Stochastic Growth, Poverty Traps, and International Investment

    • Philipp Harms
    Pages 25-56

  5. The Evidence on International Investment and Political Risk

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    Pages 57-94

  6. The Theoretical Analysis of Political Risk

    • Philipp Harms
    Pages 95-113

  7. Host Country Income and the Discrimination of Foreign Investors

    • Philipp Harms
    Pages 115-129

  8. Redistribution in the Closed and the Open Economy

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    Pages 131-148

  9. Intragenerational Conflict and Political Risk

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    Pages 149-168

  10. Summary and Conclusions

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    Pages 169-181

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 173-197
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Following substantial policy reforms in many countries, the past decade has been characterized by a remarkable increase of long-term private capital flows to the developing world. However, the bulk of these investments has concentrated on a few economies at the intermediate level of the international income distribution, while the large number of low-income countries has been mostly neglected by international investors. Starting from these observations, International Investment, Political Risk, and Growth analyzes the potential growth effects of liberalizing investment regimes in developing economies and offers an explanation for the apparent bias of private capital flows towards middle-income countries. It demonstrates that the removal of investment barriers may liberate an economy from a vicious circle of poverty, unproductive saving, and low growth, and presents a novel approach to analyzing the role of political risk as a major impediment to greater private capital inflows. Offering a combination of theoretical models and empirical analysis, and discussing both the historical evidence and the recent literature, this book contributes to a better understanding of the determinants and consequences of international investment in developing countries.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Konstanz, Germany

    Philipp Harms

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: International Investment, Political Risk, and Growth

  • Authors: Philipp Harms

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4521-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7833-4Published: 30 April 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7039-0Published: 13 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-4521-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 197

  • Topics: International Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

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