How Effective Are Fiscal Incentives to Attract FDI to Sub-Saharan Africa?

By E. Cleeve. 2008

245 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems, Strategy and Management

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. N. Yaméogo
2. William K. Darley
3. John C. Anyanwu
4. W. Baah-Boateng
5. C. Nevo
6. Hassan Qudrat-Ullah

In Information Systems

1. N. Yaméogo
2. William K. Darley
3. John C. Anyanwu
4. W. Baah-Boateng
5. Simplice A. Asongu
6. Vanessa S. Tchamyou
7. C. Nevo
8. Hassan Qudrat-Ullah

In Strategy and Management

1. N. Yaméogo
2. William K. Darley
3. John C. Anyanwu
4. Vanessa S. Tchamyou

Citations in the corpus

• What Drives Foreign Direct Investments into West Africa? An Empirical Investigation (2015, background): “Cleeve (2008) finds that that in addition to traditional variables and government policies to attract foreign investment to Africa, tax holidays are important.”
• Increasing Sub-Saharan Africa's Share of Foreign Direct Investment: Public Policy Challenges, Strategies, and Implications (2012, background): “Instability is endemic across Africa and serves to undermine efforts to attract potential FDI to the region (Cleeve, 2008; Dupasquier & Osakwe, 2006; Jenkins & Thomas, 2002).”
• Working Paper 136 - Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to Africa, 1980-2007 (2011, methodology): “…(horizontal strategy to access the host-country domestic market), efficiency seeking (vertical strategy to take advantage of lower labor costs, especially in developing countries), and strategic-asset seeking (to access research and development, innovation, and advanced technology) (Cleeve, 2008).”