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Save to My PortfolioTurkey, Russia and Regional Energy Strategies

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
9:30 AM to 3:45 PM
Washington, DC

Turkey, Russia and Regional Energy StrategiesOn July 15, the Center on the United States and Europe and the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings hosted leading experts from Turkey, Russia and Europe for a conference focusing on Turkey’s and Russia’s roles in European energy security and the role of energy in shaping cooperation and stability in neighboring regions. Read More

Turkey, Russia, Energy Security, Europe, Trade

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Save to My PortfolioBrookings Trade Forum 2007: Foreign Direct Investment

Susan M. Collins, May 01, 2008

This tenth issue of the Brookings Trade Forum examines a variety of dimensions of FDI. Read More

Macroeconomics, Foreign Direct Investment, Global Economics, U.S. Economy, Economic Development

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Save to My PortfolioClassification and Statistical Reconciliation of Trade in Advanced Technology Products: The Case of China and the United States

Michael Ferrantino, Robert Koopman, Zhi Wang, Falan Yinug, Ling Chen, Fengjie Qu and Haifeng Wang, May 01, 2008, Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series

The Brookings-Tsinghua Center hosted a roundtable on September 6, 2007 titled “China’s Economic Policies” featuring top scholars and experts from U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). This topic is a point of interest in U.S.-China relations. Participants in that roundtable will be featured in a joint research working paper series between USITC, school of public policy and management at Tsinghua University and Institute of International Economics at NDRC of China. Read More

China, Trade, Technology, Technology and Development, Hong Kong

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Save to My PortfolioShould Sovereign Wealth Funds Be Regulated?

Thursday, December 06, 2007
12:00 PM to 12:00
Washington, DC

Should Sovereign Wealth Funds Be Regulated?Brookings recently hosted leading economists for a discussion on the breadth and depth of sovereign wealth funds and potential regulation. Read More

Competitiveness, International Monetary Fund, Middle East, U.S. Congress, International Finance

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Save to My PortfolioDomestic Investment and External Imbalances in East Asia

Jong-Wha Lee and Warwick J. McKibbin, September 01, 2006, Brookings Discussion Papers in International Economics # 172

Paper by Warwick J. McKibbin and Jong-Wha Lee (09/2006) Read More

Macroeconomics, Asia, Global Economics, International Finance, Foreign Direct Investment

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Save to My PortfolioBusiness Opportunities in Eurasia

Johannes F. Linn, October 14, 2003, The Brookings Institution

Speech by Johannes F. Linn, 2nd Annual Eurasia Summit on Economic Development, Energy & Regional Security Read More

Russia, Turkey, Caucasus, Central Asia, Global Economics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTransparency and International Investor Behavior

R. Gaston Gelos and Shang-Jin Wei, October 16, 2002, International Monetary Fund

Transparency and International Investor Behavior, by R. Gaston Gelos and Shang-Jin Wei, the Brookings Institution, October 16, 2002 Read More

Macroeconomics, Global Economics, Foreign Direct Investment, International Finance

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Save to My PortfolioCorruption and Cross-Border Investment: Firm-Level Evidence

Beata K. Smarzynska and Shang-Jin Wei, August 16, 2002, The Brookings Institution

Working Paper by Shang Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, and Beata K. Smarzynska, The World Bank, August 16, 2002 Read More

Macroeconomics, Global Economics, Foreign Direct Investment, International Finance

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Save to My PortfolioWhy Argentina '02 Is Not Russia '98

Carol Graham and Clifford G. Gaddy, February 12, 2002, The Globalist

Opinion by Clifford Gaddy, Fellow, and Carol Graham, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Globalist, February 12, 2002 Read More

Macroeconomics, BRICs, Global Economics, Latin America, Foreign Direct Investment

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioForeign Portfolio Investors Before and During a Crisis

Shang-Jin Wei and Woochan Kim, January 01, 2002, Journal of International Economics

Article by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Woochan Kim, School of Public Policy and Management, Korea Development Institute, in the Journal of International Economics, January 2002 Read More

Macroeconomics, Global Economics, Foreign Direct Investment, International Finance

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Save to My PortfolioOpen Doors: Foreign Participation in Financial Systems in Developing Countries

Michael Pomerleano, Paul Masson and Robert E. Litan, September 19, 2001

The extensive reforms and liberalization of financial services in emerging markets worldwide call for cutting-edge strategies to capture the benefits of new investment opportunities. In Open Doors multidisciplinary financial sector experts ana Read More

Macroeconomics, Development, Global Economics, Financial Markets, International Finance

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Save to My PortfolioOffshore Investment Funds: Monsters in Emerging Markets?

Shang-Jin Wei and Woochan Kim, June 15, 2001, The Brookings Institution

Paper by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Woochan Kim, June 15, 2001 Read More

Macroeconomics, Global Economics, Foreign Direct Investment, International Finance

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Save to My PortfolioPollution Havens and Foreign Direct Investment: Dirty Secret or Popular Myth?

Beata Smarzynska and Shang-Jin Wei, June 14, 2001, The Brookings Institution

Paper by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Beata Smarzynska, Development Economics Research Group, The World Bank, June 14, 2001 Read More

Macroeconomics, Global Economics, Foreign Direct Investment, International Finance

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Save to My PortfolioOpen Doors: Foreign Participation in Financial Systems in Developing Countries

Michael Pomerleano, Paul Masson and Robert E. Litan, June 01, 2001, The Brookings Institution

Conference Report #6, by Robert E. Litan, Paul Masson, and Michael Pomerleano (June 2001) Read More

International Monetary Fund, Trade, World Bank, Foreign Direct Investment

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCorruption and Composition of Foreign Direct Investment: Firm-Level Evidence

Beata Smarzynska and Shang-Jin Wei, October 01, 2000, The Brookings Institution

Brookings Economic Papers Read More

Macroeconomics, Global Economics, Foreign Direct Investment, International Finance

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Shang-Jin Wei is an expert on U.S.-China economic integration and other international finance and trade issues. His current projects include an examination of outsourcing and its effect on productivity and employment. His is a former advisor to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Wei left Brookings in June 2008.
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