Foreign Direct Investment : Benefits, Suspicions, and Risks with Special Attention to FDI from China

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Authors' Note -- Ch. 1 Economic Effect of Inward FDI on the United States: Old Apprehensions, New Evidence -- Which Countries Engage in FDI? -- Comparing Foreign Investors with US Firms in the United States: What the Data Say -- FDI in the United States over Time -- Ch. 2 Rationale and Motivation for FDI: Why Do Foreign Companies Invest in the United States? -- Why Do Firms Engage in FDI? -- Effect of FDI on the Host Country -- New Evidence on FDI Spillovers in the United States -- Ch. 3 Chinese FDI in the United States -- Empirical Issues Related to the Study of Chinese FDI -- What Do the Data Say about Chinese Firms Operating in the United States? -- New Evidence on FDI Spillovers in the United States from Developing-Country Investment -- Is There a High Level of Chinese FDI in the United States? -- Rosen and Hanemann Measures of Chinese FDI in the United States -- How Does Chinese FDI in the United States Compare with Chinese FDI in Other Countries? -- Ch. 4 FDI and National Security: Separating Legitimate Threats from Implausible Apprehensions -- Threat I: Denial or Manipulation of Access -- Threat II: Leakage of Sensitive Technology or Know-How -- Threat III: Infiltration, Espionage, and Disruption -- Applying the Three-Threat Prism to Proposed Chinese Acquisitions -- Tightening CFIUS Appraisal of Potential National Security Threats from Proposed Foreign Acquisitions -- Ch. 5 Policy Implications: Making the United States More Accessible to Foreign Investors -- References -- Index.