Democratic Governance and Multinational Corporations: Political Regimes and Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment

By Nathan M. Jensen. International Organization, 2003

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Migrant Remittances and Exchange Rate Regimes in the Developing World (2010, background): “…Esteves and Khoudour-Castéras (2009). isolate the political and institutional determinants of specific types of capital flows, including FDI (e.g., Jensen 2003, 2006; Li and Resnick 2003), sovereign bonds (e.g., Mosley 2000, 2003; Sobel 1999), foreign exchange (Bernhard and Leblang 2002;…”
Exploring the relationship between institutional factors and FDI attractiveness: A meta-analytic review (2018, background): “The unpredictability of instable political environments increases the costs of internalizing production (Jensen, 2003), and ultimately negatively affects profitability.”
The Politics of Foreign Direct Investment into Developing Countries: Increasing FDI through International Trade Agreements? (2008, background): “Jensen and McGillivray argue that FDI as a share or percentage of GDP “is the best available measure of a country’s success in attracting FDI inflows” (2005, 134), and Choi (2008) suggests that it is less susceptible to outliers in regression analyses than FDI in current or constant dollars.”
Institutions and inflows of foreign direct investment: a fuzzy-set analysis (2008, neutral): “…that we should focus more attention on the influence of insti tutions (e.g., Disdier & Mayer, 2004; Dunning, 2006; Hall & Jones, 1999; Henisz, 2000; Jensen, 2003; Knack & Keefer, 1995; Mauro, 1995; Meyer, 2001; Mudambi & Navarra, 2002; Rodrik, Subramanian, This content downloaded from 141.2.140.62…”
Environmental Regulation and French Firms Location Abroad: An Economic Geography Model in an International Comparative Study (2012, positive): “Recently, several studies have analyzed the relationship between fundamental democratic rights and FDI (Harms and Ursprung, 2002; Jensen, 2003; Li and Resnick, 2003; Busse, 2004), and found that multinational corporations are more likely to be attracted by countries in which democracy is respected.”
Home country institutions and the internationalization of state owned enterprises: A cross-country analysis (2016, background): “For example, firms operating abroad will be subject to monitoring and control from local and international stakeholders, such as media (Globerman & Shapiro, 2003, Jensen, 2003; Meyer et al. 2014).”
Determinants of FDI in developed and developing countries: a quantitative analysis using GMM (2018, methodology): “Following Jensen (2003) and Ahlquist (2006), we define dependent variable as a net FDI expressed as a percentage of GDP.”
Democracy, Autocracy, and Tax Incentives to Foreign Direct Investors: A Cross-National Analysis (2006, background): “As Jensen (2003) argues, because FDI is mobile ex ante but illiquid ex post, foreign investors are concerned not only about the safety of their private property but also value the credibility of the host government’s policy regime.”
Finding the “Democratic Advantage” in Sovereign Bond Ratings: The Importance of Strong Courts, Property Rights Protection, and the Rule of Law (2012, methodology): “…the two anonymous reviewers of our manuscript+ 1+ See Biglaiser and Staats 2010; Biglaiser, Hicks, and Huggins 2008; Busse 2004; Feng 2001; Henisz 2000; Jensen 2003, 2006, and 2008; Li 2006 and 2009; Li and Resnick 2003; North and Weingast 1989; Schultz and Weingast 1996, 1998, and 2003; and…”
Unbundling the Relationship between Authoritarian Legislatures and Political Risk (2014, neutral): “2 Grossman and Hart 1986; Hart and Moore 1990; Hart 1995; Olson 2000; Jensen 2003; Li 2009.”
Economic Policy, Institutions, and Capital Flows: Portfolio and Direct Investment Flows in Developing Countries (2006, methodology): “More recently, Jensen (2003) argues that democracies, with their allegedly more credible commitments and stable policy environments, are better investment choices.”
Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1960–2000 (2004, neutral): “Jensen 2003. positive result is surprising.”