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Does Anti-Bribery Enforcement Deter Foreign Investment?

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  • Brad Graham

    (Department of Economics, Grinnell College)

  • Caleb Stroup

    (Department of Economics, Davidson College)

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We hand-collect data on individual FCPA enforcement actions initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice and use them in a panel difference-in-difference estimator to provide the first systematic empirical evidence that anti-bribery enforcement is followed by a reduction in U.S. fixed capital investments in countries targeted by enforcement actions. Publication Status: Published in Applied Economics Letters, 2016, 23(1):63-67.

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  • Brad Graham & Caleb Stroup, 2015. "Does Anti-Bribery Enforcement Deter Foreign Investment?," Working Papers 15-04, Davidson College, Department of Economics.
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    1. Caleb Stroup, 2017. "International Deal Experience And Cross-Border Acquisitions," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 55(1), pages 73-97, January.
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    1. Kuvvet, Emre, 2021. "Anti-corruption courts and foreign direct investments," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 573-582.
    2. Ishfaq Hamid & Md Shabbir Alam & Imran Ali Baig & Pabitra Kumar Jena, 2024. "Nexus Between Institutional Quality and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: Panel Data Analysis of SAARC Countries," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(2), pages 7993-8019, June.
    3. Brada, Josef C. & Drabek, Zdenek & Mendez, Jose A. & Perez, M. Fabricio, 2019. "National levels of corruption and foreign direct investment," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 47(1), pages 31-49.

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    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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