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The Brics And The Global Human Rights Regime: Is An Alternative Norms Regime In Our Future?, Lucas Rivers
The Brics And The Global Human Rights Regime: Is An Alternative Norms Regime In Our Future?, Lucas Rivers
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Since the end of World War II, the ‘West’ has enjoyed economic and ideological dominance in the international arena due to institutions built around favorable multilateral agreements. This position has allowed the ‘West’ to craft an international system rooted within the individualistic norms of democracy and capitalism. However, the BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa] – a global unit of states with increasing economic power – views this international system as unfair. Accordingly, these states have increased their cooperation to advocate for a developmental-multipolar world order. But what implications does this shared interest by the BRICS have on the …
Institutions, Distance, And Foreign Direct Investment, Charles Coffman
Institutions, Distance, And Foreign Direct Investment, Charles Coffman
Honors Theses
In this paper, I examine institutional differences between countries and the effect that those differences have on FDI flows using data from 193 countries and ten institutional indicators from the Index of Economic Freedom. I find a statistically significant result for five institutional distance variables. My results also support existing literature that claims that strong institutions increase FDI flows. I found that strong institutions are negatively associated with FDI inflows to low income countries, with the exception of trade and natural resources, suggesting that firms are investing in low income countries for natural resources and cheap production that can be …