and the volatility of the main capital flows — foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investment, and foreign bank …

empirically. More specifically, we use state-level German data to answer the question whether and how migration and FDI decisions … and thus integration of labor and capital markets are linked. Our findings suggest that FDI and migration have similar … and trade in goods. From a theoretical point of view, the interaction between the different channels of integration can …

the period 1989-2002. We find that German outward FDI increases in response to positive cyclical developments abroad and …

This paper investigates the effects of inward FDI on per-capita income and growth of the US states since the mid-1970s …. Using a Markov chain approach, it shows that both quantitative and qualitative characteristics of FDI affect per …-capita income and growth. Employment-intensive FDI, concentrated in richer states, has been conducive to income growth, while …

the abolition of capital controls seem to have exerted a greater influence on foreign assets than on FDI of German banks …

direct investments (FDI) in the US. In contrast to earlier work, this paper puts special emphasis on controlling for … these externalities may, if not accounted for appropriately, be falsely attributed to FDI. This paper also deals with the … potential endogeneity of FDI and the presence of spatial lags by employing a system generalized method of moments (GMM …

The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet … determinants of international asset holdings and trade flows. We find in most regressions that EU membership has a significant … candidates actual values are still far below expected ones in most cases. Consequently, we anticipate rising capital and trade …

This paper examines the FDI flows towards two regions in the periphery of Europe: the Central and Eastern European … countries (CEECs) and the countries of Southern Europe. We investigate whether evidence exists for FDI diversion from Southern … Europe to the CEECs. A cursory observation of recent FDI trends might give rise to such claims of diversion. On the basis of …