are heterogeneous in their productivity levels. I show that the use of a small subsidy raises welfare in the FDI host … most productive exporters to switch to servicing the host's market via FDI. I further show that the welfare gain from a … subsidy to variable costs is larger than from a subsidy to the fixed cost of conducting FDI, since a variable cost subsidy …

Over the years FDI activities from developing countries have grown very rapidly and most of these investments end up in … other developing countries. Such FDI flows are formally known as South-South FDI. This paper attempts to compare the … characteristics of South-South FDI versus North-South FDI in the context of India. The analysis is carried at two levels. First we …

We recount East Asia’s experience with foreign direct investment (FDI). We document that, contrary to the Rybczynski …-intensive industry to decline. We also present narrative evidence that sheds light on how FDI is affected by the host’s countryâ …€™s locational advantages, whether Asian FDI is footloose, and how the PRC has become the center of Factory Asia. Finally, we show …

We recount East Asia’s experience with foreign direct investment (FDI). We document that, contrary to the Rybczynski …-intensive industry to decline. We also present narrative evidence that sheds light on how FDI is affected by the host’s countryâ …€™s locational advantages, whether Asian FDI is footloose, and how the PRC has become the center of Factory Asia. Finally, we show …

instability, and openness, in determining intra-FDI inflows in the ASEAN countries, China, Japan, and Korea. Our empirical results … statistically significant factors that determine regional intra-FDI inflows; other variables such as macroeconomic instability are … that would increase regional openness by 10 percent would increase intra-FDI inflows by almost 2 percent. A regional …

difference in firm performance by modes of FDI entry. If this is the case, there is no reason to prefer other modes of entry over … FDI entry, on which government tax incentives are based. This paper corrects for this, reclassifying the modes of entry … implication of this result is that there is no logical foundation to provide tax incentives on the basis of mode of FDI entry …