DOES A COUNTRY NEED A PROMOTION AGENCY TO ATTRACT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT? (2007)
Jacques Morisset, A. Mirioux, N. Smith
exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the...
Information diffusion in international markets ∗ (2007)
Alejandro Izquierdo Φ, Jacques Morisset, Marcelo Olarreaga
Abstract: Information is costly to acquire in trade and financial markets, especially across international borders. Sellers and buyers rely on information and experiences of other firms, including...
ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES * (2007)
Jacques Morisset, Olivier Lumenga Neso
Administrative costs related to entry and operational procedures vary greatly across countries. A new database described in this paper documents that it can take up to two or three years to establish...
Latin America and the Caribbean (2007)
Jacques Morisset, Cdsar Revoredo
In the long run, education improves the national saving rate and hence grovv'h But this positive erect takes time to be completely realized, and it varies across regions and levels of...
Jacques Morisset, Neda Pirnia, Ed) Rutledge Forthcoming
the World Bank. The opinions and arguments expressed are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the above institutions. We would like to thank Bijit Bora,...
Abstract Foreign Direct Investment in Africa Policies Also Matter (2007)
Africa has not been very successful in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) over the past few decades. When these countries were able to attract multinational companies, it was principally the...
Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms (2007)
Beata K. Smarzynska, Andrew Bernard, Simon Evenett, Mary Hallward-driemeier, Pravin Krishna, Hiau Looi Kee, ...
Abstract: Many countries aim to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) by offering ever more generous incentive packages and justifying their actions with the expected knowledge externalities to be...
Thèse sc. écon. et soc. Genève.
La publicité par la presse / (1948)
Thèse (Maîtrise) - École de commerce de l'Université Laval.
L'industrie de l'automobile au Canada / (1946)
Thèse (Licence) - Étude supérieure de commerce (Université Laval.
Does price uncertainty really reduce private investment? A small model applied to Chile
George, Anita, Morisset, Jacques
Understanding how prices and quantities affect investment demand is important in analyzing adjustment policies in many developing countries. Recent literature emphasizes that uncertainty curtails...
Effects of tax reform on Argentina's revenues
Morisset, Jacques, Izquierdo, Alejandro
Too often, a good tax policy proposal is considered sufficient to improve the tax system - too little consideration is given to weaknesses in tax administration, perhaps because of measurement...
Uncertainty and global warming : an option - pricing approach to policy
Baranzini, Andrea, Chesney, Marc, Morisset, Jacques
Uncertainty is inherent in the analysis of global warming issues. Not only is there considerable scientific uncertainty about the magnitude of global warming, but even if that problem were resolved,...
In search of price rigidities : recent sector evidence from Argentina
Morisset, Jacques, Revoredo, Cesar
The hypothesis that the price adjustment to nominal shocks is instantaneous has been part of the monetarist approach explaining the inflationary process in Argentina. But the authors argue that...
In the past 20 years, high and extremely volatile inflation rates in Latin America have generally been associated with unstable monetary policies and the (temporary) use of inflationary revenues to...
Foreign direct investment in Africa : policies also matter
Africa has not succeeded in attracting much foreign direct investment in the past few decades. When countries did attract multinational companies, it was principally because of their (abundant)...
Savings and education: a life-cycle model applied to a panel of 74 countries
Morisset, Jacques, Revoredo, Cesar
The authors analyze how education contributes to savings. There are many reasons to believe that education and savings may be linked, either positively or negatively. It is generally expected that...
Unfair trade? Empirical evidence in world commodity markets over te past 25 years
Since the 1970s, commodity prices have fallen in international markets at the same time that consumer pries have risen. The price of coffee declined 18 percent on world markets between 1975 and 1993,...
Administrative barriers to foreign investment in developing countries
Morisset, Jacques, Lumenga Neso, Olivier
Recent international experience has shown that excessively complex administrative procedures, required to establish, and operate a business, discourage inflows of foreign direct investment. The...
Establishing an investment promotion agency has become a central part of most countries'development strategies. Today there are more than 150 investment promotion agencies worldwide. Yet very little...
Information diffusion in international markets
Izquierdo, Alejandro, Morisset, Jacques, Olarreaga, Marcelo
Globalization has been a persistent phenomenon of the post-war period. The gross volume of cross-border capital flows has grown at an average of 25 percent a year, and trade in goods and services has...
The author devised an analytical framework to examine the implications of debt-reduction operations for the economy of a typical middle-income, heavily indebted country. A major finding is that...
Does financial liberalization really improve private investment in developing countries?
Assuming that liquidity constraints exist in most developing countries, the majority of analysts believe that increasing real interest rates will raise the volume of lending and hence private...
Measuring the risk of default in six highly indebted countries
Chesney, Marc, Morisset, Jacques
The price of debt on the secondary market reflects the risk that the debtor country might default on its external debt. Using the option-pricing theory, the authors identify the factors that...
Information Diffusion in International Markets
Izquierdo, Alejandro, Morisset, Jacques, Olarreaga, Marcelo
Information is costly to acquire in trade and financial markets, especially across international borders. Sellers and buyers rely on information and experiences of other firms, including from...