Cross-country regressions suggest that urbanization and FDI are important drivers of growth. However, it is not clear … provide detailed evidence on the determinants of outward FDI from the US. FDI is higher in countries that are close to the US … substantial natural resource exports. Countries also attract more FDI if they have more medium-sized cities and primacy is not too …

This paper considers the nature and the distribution of trade and FDI effects of a potential enlargement of the … and the distribution of outward FDI stocks among these countries. The results reveal a complementarity between trade and …. Using a simulation-based technique, we find that estimates of FDI effects of EMU range between 18.5 percent for Poland and …

We argue that membership in International Organizations (IOs) is an important determinant of FDI inflows. To the extent …. Using data over the 1971-2005 period, we find that membership in IOs does indeed increase inflows of FDI. Controlling for …

regime increases worldwide FDI and raises the world interest rate. Distinguishing three groups of countries, we show that … income countries are likely to gain from increased inward FDI, whereas least developed countries lose because they receive … less FDI. Our results explain the stylized fact that a multilateral investment agreement was opposed by least developed …

between export and FDI. The model combines the proximity-concentration trade-off framework with the real option methodology … introduction of productivity growth increases the likeliness of first time market entry through FDI. If the firm is confronted with … uncertain productivity growth, market entry through FDI increases even further. Uncertainty is identified as a compounding force …

This paper intends to combine two fields in the economic literature by examining empirically the FDI pattern … vertical FDI. The market-seeking strategy appears to be more important than factor-proportion related motivations; however, the … robust relationship of complementarity between trade integration and FDI provides at least one argument in support of …

many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting that attracting inflows of FDI offers potential for upgrading a … sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … over the period 1984-2000. The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit values of exports in …