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 …

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 It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …

implemented to analyze the effect of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on exports. We use cross-sectional HS trade data … disaggregated at a 6-digit level in 2010 with controls for HS 2-digit level. Our results show that FDI increases exports only in the … effect is different across sections. Our robustness checks show that when FDI is removed, the coefficients and the effect on …

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 …

Singapore?s outward FDI is peculiar in important respects, even though it shares some characteristics with FDI … undertaken by traditional investor countries. The focus of FDI in the manufacturing sector on lower-income Asian host countries … suggests that the motivations and trade repercussions of Singapore's FDI differ from those of FDI undertaken by major …

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 …

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 …

foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. However, divestments are quite common among the operations of MNEs. In order to derive …: the presence of MNEs, further extended to include unemployment. The model is applied to the Spanish economy, where FDI …

We empirically assess the determinants of India’s FDI outflows across a large sample of host countries in the 1996 … include: India’s outward FDI is hardly affected by motives to access raw materials or superior technologies. Market … countries attracts more FDI. Finally, it seems that Indian direct investors are relatively resilient to weak institutions and …