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One of the most significant changes in the global economy today is the strong increase in outgoing foreign direct investment (OFDI) from emerging economies to industrialised countries. Whereas investment in less developed countries is often motivated by the sourcing of natural resources and...
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This paper uses dynamic panel data methods to examine the determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Central … role in determining the flows of FDI into the CEECs and help explain the di®erent attractiveness for FDI of the individual …
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to FDI. In contrast, the available theory on FDI does not yet provide empirically testable propositions on the effects of … principal features of FDI. This paper uses a 'gravity model' approach to assess the impact of the deepening integration between … the EU and the CEECs on FDI flows in terms of three key issues. First, we provide systematic estimates of the expected …
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This paper analyzes the horizontal productivity effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) from industrialized and …, and North Africa. We find strong evidence of horizontal productivity spillovers to domestic firms derived from foreign …
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We analyze the concentration of FDI in India at the district level, based on project-specific location choices since … in the overall concentration of FDI to changes in concentration between and within subgroups of districts. We also … differentiate between major types and sources of FDI. We find that the extensive margin of concentration persistently increased …
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the period 1989-2002. We find that German outward FDI increases in response to positive cyclical developments abroad and …
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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 …
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This paper investigates the link between inward FDI and innovation activity in China, using a very comprehensive and … also find that inward FDI at the sectoral level is positively associated with domestic innovative activity only if firms … inward FDI into technology transfer and FDI affecting domestic credit opportunities and find that the latter is of very …
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We consider two channels via which foreign inputs into industrial production may lead to productivity effects. The first one concerns dynamic externalities between firms which share technical and organizational knowledge which is vital for the productivity growth of a particular industry. We...
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