Canadian Government Policies Toward Inward Foreign Direct Investment

Steven Globerman () and D. Shapiro

Gouvernement du Canada - Industrial Organization from Gouvernement du Canada - Industry Canada

Abstract: Host gorvernments are rarely neutral toward inward foreign direct investment (FDI). The policy taken by host governments over the past two decades has generally been to liberaliza restrictions or barriers to inward FDI. This paper considers if investment rule liberalization has had a significant impact on inward FDI. It also considers whether host countries should be even more enthousiastic in eliminating the indirect and informal barriers that some observers claim are still important factors discouraging inward FDI.

Keywords: INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; FINANCIAL MARKET (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E22 F21 H54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 85 pages
Date: 1998
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