Studies

Over the past decades Low-Income countries (LICs) have strengthened their economic and financial position and their debt indicators have dramatically improved...

The target of my analysis is to investigate the Expropriation Risk in Russia, and in relation to it, to assess the attractiveness and profitability of Foreign Investment, particularly considering the “strategic” natural resources sector.

Traditional “made in Italy” productions are the most vulnerable to the downturn, while capital good firms are more resilient. Size helps as well as a robust balance sheet, but the key factor for firms to survive through the adverse cycle remains more internationalization.

An effective index of political risk must take into account the different dimensions affecting the attractiveness of a country to foreign business. In this paper a new conceptual framework to identify the main components of political risk and the key indicators to measure them is developed. The resulting political risk score is robust and more able than existing political risk ratings to assess the multidimensional complex nature of political risk.

Is it convenient for the countries of Mercosur to form a currency area? This is the question that this paper tries to answer. The new macroeconomic situation in Latin America makes it logical to think if integration among these countries would benefit them. The last stage of integration among countries is a monetary union.