FDI from the European Union (EU) ranks before FDI from North America (NA) in some of the Latin American countries. We … investigate the impact of EU- versus NA-FDI on the growth rate including about 50 controls. Country specific effects and parameter … best models and most robust parameters. Our results indicate that positive effects of FDI are dependent on the functioning …

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has surged in Latin America (LA) since the mid 1990s. European and North American FDI … is of capital importance. We investigate the FDI-growth nexus in LA allowing for different source countries, regional … hetero- geneity, interaction terms with FDI, and more than 20 growth determinants. We use Bayesian Model Averaging to address …

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has surged in Latin America (LA) since the mid 1990s. European and North American FDI … is of capital importance. We investigate the FDI-growth nexus in LA allowing for different source countries, regional … heterogeneity, interaction terms with FDI, and more than 20 growth determinants. We use Bayesian Model Averaging to address model …

. Second, although both FDI and portfolio inflows can increase investment, the effect from FDI is significantly smaller — in …

. Second, although both FDI and portfolio inflows can increase investment, the effect from FDI is significantly smaller —in …