This article is the first to show that foreign investors care about economic freedoms, rather than political freedoms, in making decisions about where to locate capital. Hence more democratic countries may receive less Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows if economic freedoms are not guaranteed.

A new report by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) argues that one of the greatest mistakes the United States can make is to imagine that Iranian activities in a given arena--the nuclear program, for example--are isolated from Iranian undertakings in another. The report examines those other areas

How are factors such as corruption perception and the level of democracy influencing foreign direct investment to developing economies?

At this conference, panelists will consider the distinguishing characteristics of “tax haven” countries, the use of tax havens by U.S. and foreign investors, and the economic impacts of tax havens on high-tax countries. Unilateral and multilateral policy responses will be discussed, including presentations by Bill Thomas, chairman of the U.S....

The United States is the world's leader in many ways, and we remain the leading advocate for pro-growth policies around the world.

Rising foreign direct investment, U.S. manufacturing job losses, and cross-border outsourcing arrangements have focused attention on how U.S. tax rules influence decisions by multinational companies to create jobs in the United States and abroad. The recent presidential election campaign included proposals to alter significantly U.S. taxation of income earned by...