We analyze whether foreign direct investment (FDI) has contributed to the typically wide income gaps in five Latin … FDI stocks on income inequality among households in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay. The panel cointegration … analysis reveals a significant and positive effect on income inequality. Furthermore, FDI contributed to widening income gaps …

countries already appear to be surprisingly similar regarding FDI flows from EU members. The central and eastern European …

This paper examines how capital account liberalization (CAL) affects Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows. The … Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries from 1985 to 2009. Their findings reveal that the positive impact of CAL on FDI … policies to attract FDI to the region. The authors also find that foreign investors value the quality of institutions more than …

the two driving forces of the growth process. FDI plays an important role. However, property rights, a crucial element in …

exemplify possible applications related to trade and FDI. By overcoming several data limitations, our new global index can help …

This paper examines the long-run effect of FDI on health in developed countries. Using panel cointegration techniques …

This study employs state-level panel data to explore the relationship between inward foreign direct investment (FDI …-sectional heterogeneity, cross-sectional dependence, and endogenous regressors, we find that the short-run effects of FDI on income inequality … are insignificant or weakly significant and negative. In the long run, however, FDI exerts a significant and robust …

reductions from FDI inflows, which is consistent with the hypothesis of energy saving technology transfer via FDI. However, such … apply panel estimation techniques and tests. The results do not confirm the hypothesis that FDI inflows reduce energy … intensities of developing countries in general. Interactions of FDI with country-specific characteristics do not show significant …

order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … extensive dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …