In this paper, we examine the various links among foreign direct investment (FDI), financial markets, and economic … growth. We explore whether countries with better financial systems can exploit FDI more efficiently. Empirical analysis …, using crosscountry data between 1975- 1995, shows that FDI alone plays an ambiguous role in contributing to economic growth …

relationship between exchange rate and stock price in Malaysia, whereas a unidirectional causal relationship running from exchange …

country and industry levels and generally concentrate on overall FDI flows without distinguishing among different modes of FDI …. Empirical studies focusing on aggregated inward and outward FDI flows, especially at the country level, implicitly assume that … the same factors motivate all modes of FDI. To the extent that this is not the case, many empirical studies of overall FDI …

and performance of firms, we find that: i) corruption reduces FDI inflows and attracts lower quality investment in terms … of governance standards; ii) in misgoverned settings, FDI firms may magnify the problems of state capture and procurement … kickbacks, while paying a lower overall bribe burden than domestic firms; iii) FDI firms undertake those forms of corruption …

growth and agglomerations in Mexico between 1994 and 2000. The results also indicate that job growth and FDI are not …

difference in national tax influence capital inflows and outflows. More, using a cointegration analysis on GDP procapita and FDI …

(FDI) and the effect of FDI on per capita GDP growth in Bolivia over the period 1990:1-1998:4. The regression results find … capitalization inflows significantly impact FDI, while FDI, along with the terms-of-trade, the ratio of private sector credit to GDP …. The exclusion of capitalization inflows from total FDI in the FDI determinants model has very little impact on the overall …