Korean unification and banking system - An analysis in view of German experiences and Korean differences
Ralf Müller
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 139,
2001
Abstract
One of the reforms that have to be launched in a future unification process in Korea, which seems possible after the political negotiations last year, is the transformation of the North Korean banking system. The question arises whether Korea could profit from the German experience where banking transformation was one of the rather few success stories in unification. In 1990 the East German banking transformation was achieved relatively fast and uncomplicated due to considerable direct investments of the West German banks compounded with state guarantees for bad loans resulting from the credit business with existing GDR-corporations. Unfortunately, South Korea currently lacks some major prerequesites that contributed to the German banking unification, among them – and probably the most important one – is the lack of a sound and efficient banking
system that could become active in the North. Consequently, depending on the circumstances of a future Korean unification either a more gradual process is recommended or, if inner-Korean migration requires a more dynamic transition, considerable investment by foreign banks and assistance from international organisations is recommended.
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FDI and Corporate Tax Revenue: Tax Harmonization or Competition?
Reint E. Gropp, Kristina Kostial
Finance & Development,
No. 2,
2001
Abstract
OECD countries with high corporate tax rates have experienced both high net outflows of foreign direct investment and a decline in corporate tax revenue. Identification of a causal link between these two trends has implications for the debate on tax harmonization versus tax competition.
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Foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern European reform countries – A projection
Thomas Meißner
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 5,
1999
Abstract
Im Jahre 1998 zeigten sich in Mittel- und Osteuropa wieder insgesamt steigende, in vielen Ländern der Region sogar stark steigende Netto-Zuflüsse ausländischer Direktinvestitionen. Dabei verstärkte sich die regionale Disparität innerhalb der Ländergruppe der Reformstaaten mit EU-Assoziationsstatus. Während die Attraktivität der Länder Ostmitteleuropas und des Baltikums für multinationale Unternehmen erneut zunahm, verloren die Länder Südosteuropas weiter an Bedeutung.
Die Ergebnisse mittel- bis langfristiger Prognosen und Projektionen über den Zustrom ausländischer Direktinvestitionen nach Mittel- und Osteuropa hängen auch davon ab, wann der bereits angekündigte Beitritt einiger Länder der Region zur Europäischen Union stattfinden wird. Hiermit sind erhebliche Änderungen der wirtschaftlichen
Rahmenbedingungen verbunden. Eine Modellrechnung ausländischer Direktinvestitionen nach einem Beitritt ergibt eine nicht unbeträchtliche Expansion.
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Foreign Direct Investment in Bulgaria – The Significance of the “Value of Waiting to Invest”
Thomas Meißner
External Publications,
1997
Abstract
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Foreign direct investment in automotive industry of East Central Europe
Martina Kämpfe
Forschungsreihe,
No. 1,
1996
Abstract
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Foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern Europe are overrated
Hubert Gabrisch
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 2,
1995
Abstract
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