2011
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-75902011000200005
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Transaction costs: an empirical analysis of their relationship with investment and foreign direct investment

Abstract: As stated by the New Institutional Economics theory, transaction costs play a relevant role in economics and, according to the extent of such costs, agents make investment decisions. Actually, transaction costs may represent a disincentive to entrepreneurship. This work aims to verify whether transaction costs are related to investment rate and foreign direct investment rate (FDI) in different business environments. The results suggest that foreign investors do not have precise information about other countrie… Show more

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“…Mudambi e Navarra (2002) mostram que as instituições exercem duas tarefas fundamentais para o funcionamento correto dos mercados, a saber: i) reduzem os custos de transação; e ii) um ambiente institucional adequado reduz a assimetria de informação entre emissores e receptores de IED. Junior et al (2011), os investimentos externos diretos possuem caráter de longo prazo e se caracterizam pela presença de custos irrecuperáveis que são influenciados por questões específicas à indústria. Portanto, os custos de transação exercem efeito negativo sobre os investimentos, e países com uma pior regulamentação do comércio exterior e dos direitos de propriedade tendem a receber fluxos inferiores de investimento externo direto.…”
Section: Determinantes Do Investimento Direto Externounclassified
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“…Mudambi e Navarra (2002) mostram que as instituições exercem duas tarefas fundamentais para o funcionamento correto dos mercados, a saber: i) reduzem os custos de transação; e ii) um ambiente institucional adequado reduz a assimetria de informação entre emissores e receptores de IED. Junior et al (2011), os investimentos externos diretos possuem caráter de longo prazo e se caracterizam pela presença de custos irrecuperáveis que são influenciados por questões específicas à indústria. Portanto, os custos de transação exercem efeito negativo sobre os investimentos, e países com uma pior regulamentação do comércio exterior e dos direitos de propriedade tendem a receber fluxos inferiores de investimento externo direto.…”
Section: Determinantes Do Investimento Direto Externounclassified
“…H5: Países que possuem economia mais globalizada receberão maior fluxo de IED. O fator globalização é mensurado pelas seguintes variáveis: proximidade cultural, contato pessoal, restrições e fluxo de informações(Wink Junior et al, 2011; Abid et al, 2011; Daude e Fratzscher, 2008).…”
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“…In this context, searching and information costs are related to costs involved in contract drawing up (Wink Junior et al, 2011), information gathering for identification and evaluation of potential trading partners (Dyer, 1997), and for information searching regarding process and product such as source searching (Liang & Huang, 1998).…”
Section: Searching and Information Costsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While bargaining and decision costs are related to costs involved in contract signing (Wink Junior et al, 2011), agreement negotiating and writing up (Dyer, 1997), and costs involved at negotiating stage regarding negotiating of terms between parties (Liang & Huang, 1998).…”
Section: Bargaining and Decision Costsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Their cooperation, which can be achieved by dialog, is the key to realizing improvements in the region, but for now, every participant in the dialog, except India, propels its mechanisms in the regions of South-East and Central Asia. Hence, the tensions about the currency of contracts and the monetary risks rise, in addition to that, the foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are made more politically dependent, leading to transactional costs of interactions in the region are unreasonably high, mostly because of different financial systems (Wink et al 2011). India, in turn, aspires to achieve domination in Southern Asia, competing with China's clout in the region.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%