Mello-Sampayo, Felipa De - In: International Economic Journal 21 (2007) 4, pp. 491-519
This paper examines the geographical distribution of US MNEs FDI using the share gravity model, which adds a competition factor to the classical gravity formulation. The aim is to show that, unlike previous applications of the gravity model to FDI, the share of FDI pertaining to a location is...