We study patterns of FDI in a multi-country world economy. First, we present evidence for a broad sample of countries … that firms direct FDI disproportionately to markets with income levels similar to their home market. Then we develop a …-driven and the decision to serve foreign countries via exports or FDI depends on a proximity-concentration trade-off. We …

Evidence on productivity spillovers from FDI to domestic firms is ambiguous. Incorrect estimation procedures may be one … methodology is discussed taking into consideration the possible simultaneity of FDI and other explanatory variables and …

empirical foreign direct investment (FDI) literature to test such spatial linkages. This paper aims to provide further insights … into long-run determinants of Spanish FDI by considering not only bilateral but also spatially weighted third …-country determinants. The few studies carried out so far have focused on FDI flows in a limited number of countries. However, Spanish FDI …

The determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) are explored with gravity models, using a Poisson estimator and a … cross-border investment: a reduction of regulatory divergence by one fifth could increase FDI by about 15%. In particular … inward and less outward FDI, and there is some evidence that more complex regulatory procedures reduce inward FDI. …

In this paper we investigate the impact of institutional differences as a determinant of Turkish FDI inflows from OECD …. Our results confirm that FDI flows are higher when they come from countries with low differences in corruption with Turkey …. Conversely, FDI flows are negatively affected when there exists a large difference in corruption between the investing country …

of China. China remains the largest recipient of FDI among developing countries and FDI continues to play a … services-sector FDI than in manufacturing, and a reorientation of FDI from the Eastern Region to the Central and Western … Chinese government has taken a number of measures to streamline and decentralise FDI administration and strengthen enforcement …

direct investment (FDI), an essential question for policy-makers is no longer just what to reform but also how to reform. How … FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Korea was the biggest reformer of its policies towards FDI between 1997 and 2010 … FDI regime in Korea and to examine how and why it came about. What were the main obstacles and what were the main drivers …