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1 Estimating the Knowledge Capital Model for Foreign Investment in Services: The Case of Singapore  / 2019 /  East Asian Economic Review  / vol.23, no.2, pp.111 / 

10.11644/KIEP.EAER.2019.23.2.358

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East Asian Economic Review Vol. 2, No. 4, 1998. pp. 157-187.

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.1998.2.4.35

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FDI Promotion Policies in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia: Lessons for Korea

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Seong-Bong Lee

Dong-Wha Shin

Hyoung Kun Lee

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EAER is an open access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license.

Abstract

The Law to Promote Foreign Investment, which has been effected in Nov. 1998, has amended the support system of reducing taxation greatly. Though the extent that the investment support system improved compared to the past is important, what’s more important is the level of Korean investment condition comparing to other countries. Based on the analysis of the instances of Britain, Singapore and Malaysia, this study inspected and took a close look at Korean policy of attracting foreign investment afresh and brought up the direction of improvement. This study got enlightenment on policy of attracting foreign investment in the view of stratagem, the improvement of investment environment, strengthening the cooperation and adjustment of capital attracting institutions, flexible award system and strategic application in investment free areas.

JEL classification: F21, F23

Keywords

Foreign Direct Investment, Taxes, United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia

Language

Korean

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