Policy competition for foreign direct investment : a study of competition among governments to attract FDI
Policy competition for foreign direct investment : a study of competition among governments to attract FDI
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10.1787/9789264181083-en
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2000
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C. Oman
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C. Oman
对外国直接投资的竞争作为一个研究主题一直被忽视。然而，许多人声称，这种竞争正在产生有害的影响，比如降低政府保护环境和工人权利的标准。这本书着眼于证据，并评估了政府之间为吸引外国直接投资而进行的竞争的影响。报告发现，几乎没有证据直接支持人们对劳工和环境标准出现“全球逐底竞赛”的担忧。然而，无论是在经合组织还是发展中国家，广泛使用投资激励措施往往不利于政府的透明度和问责制。这对发展中国家的经济决策和民主体制建设都是极为不利的。作者建议从以奖励为基础的吸引外国直接投资的政策转向在国家和国际层面上以规则为基础的方法。
Competition for foreign direct investment has been neglected as a subject of research. Yet many claim that such competition is having deleterious effects, such as lowering governments’ standards of protection of the environment and workers’ rights.This book looks at the evidence and assesses the impact of competition among governments to attract FDI. It finds little evidence directly to support fears of a "global race to the bottom" in labour and environmental standards. The widespread use of investment incentives, however, in OECD and developing countries alike, tends to be bad for government transparency and accountability. This is highly detrimental both to economic policy making and to the construction of democratic institutions in developing countries. The author proposes a shift away from incentive-based policies for attracting FDI towards a rules-based approach on both a national and international level.