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

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 …

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

This paper introduces intra- and inter-sectoral technology diffusion via FDI and imports into a recursive-dynamic CGE …

optimal development policy requires FDI to be matched by investment into the absorptive capacity …

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 …

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 …