The economics of organized crime: evidence on FDI attraction in Latin America and Caribbean – Štěpán Tošovský
Štěpán Tošovský
Master's thesis
The economics of organized crime: evidence on FDI attraction in Latin America and Caribbean
Ekonomika organizovaného zločinu: Přímé zahraniční investice v Latinské Americe a Karibiku
Abstract:
Tato diplomová práce se pokouší odpovědět na otázku, do jaké míry ovlivňuje přítomnost organizovaného zločinu přímé zahraniční investive do 15 zemí Latinské Ameriky a Karibiku v období mezi lety 2006-2015. V rámci ekonometrické anaýzy jsme fenomén organizovaného zločinu popsali pomocí několika indexů: mírou vražd, indexem organizovaného zločinu, indexem ochodních nákladů spojených s přítomností organozovaného …moreAbstract:
This paper attempts to investigate the degree to which organized crime affects FDI in 15 Latin America and Caribbean countries during 2006-2014 period. We employed four crime proxies: homicide rate, organized crime index, business cost of terrorism index and business cost of crime index and analyzed their impact on overall, sectoral and industrial FDI inflows. We find evidence of a deterrent effect …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 1. 6. 2016
Identifier:
http://www.vse.cz/vskp/eid/53314
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 13. 1. 2017
- Supervisor: Anna Klosová
- Reader: Ian Jackson
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TOŠOVSKÝ, Štěpán. \textit{The economics of organized crime: evidence on FDI attraction in Latin America and Caribbean}. Online. Master's thesis. Praha: University of Economics, Prague. 2016. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/exibfx/.
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Economics of Globalisation and European Integration
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