Browsing by Subject "Space in economics"

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How far away is an intangible? Services FDI and distance

Davies, Ronald B. ; Guillin, Amélie (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2011-09)

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in services has grown significantly in recent years. Evidence of spatial relationships in FDI decisions have been provided for goods manufacturing by utilizing physical distance-based ...
A race to the bottom in labour standards? An empirical investigation

Davies, Ronald B. ; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2011-11)

Among the many concerns over globalization is that as nations compete for mobile firms, they will relax labour standards as a method of lowering costs and attracting investment. Using spatial estimation on panel data for ...