This paper aims to analyse whether better governance rewards economic performance and
facilitates the integration of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region into the world …

We analyse the determinants of local government efficiency taking into account the
presence of spatial interactions among neighbouring municipalities. To do so, first we …

International infrastructure investment can effectively accelerate infrastructure development
in develo** countries and thus support their social and economic progress. However, little …

The belt and road initiative (BRI) is a mutual development approach projected by China,
which delivers exceptional opportunities for multi-phased communication and cooperation …

We examine the extent to which firms' familiarity with the investment environment and
efficiency of financial markets of the host economies reduce information frictions and in turn …

This paper investigates whether the Spanish investment strategy abroad has been affected
by the Great Recession. Applying a panel spatial Durbin model for two sample periods, pre …

This paper examines whether foreign direct investment in one country helps to increase
foreign investment in other countries with a similar degree of corruption. Our estimates are …

We move beyond the nation-state as the unit of analysis and use subnational spatial
variation to study the effect of the institutional environment on international trade …

This study delves into the relationship between Malaysia and several countries—China,
Singapore, Japan and the United States of America (USA), through FDI relations using the …

In the context of systemic crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, origin of which is
implicit in the instrumental rationality of the neoliberal economy, this research proposes a …