Liberalizing financial services and foreign direct investment
Subtitle: developing framework for commercial banking FDI
By: by Laura Páez
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230271579
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking; World Trade Organization; Government policy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance; Foreign Investments; Banks and banking
Description: "This book focuses on the relationship between FDI and FS liberalization in the context of the WTO. By conducting an economic assessment on the extent of GATS liberalization in one type of FS --commercial banking -- it seeks to empirically clarify if the multilateral liberalization efforts under the WTO promote FDI"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; title: Understanding Foreign Direct Investment; title: Applying FDI Theory to Commercial Banking; title: Multilateral Rules on Financial Services and FDI; title: GATS Financial Services Liberalization in OECD Members; title: Assessing FDI Determinants in Commercial Banking; title: Conclusions.