-financial firms’ international acquisitions. Controlling for traditional firm- and target-country-specific FDI determinants within an …-border investment. We conclude that without explicit consideration of the financial dimension, firms’ FDI decisions cannot be properly …

We argue that mainstream FDI theory underplays financial motivations for interna-tional investment, and suggest several … possible channels for a distinct cost-of-capital effect on FDI. Using a sample of European firms’ cross-border acquisitions …, and controlling for traditional firm-level determinants of FDI, we find strong evidence in favor of a cost …

This paper examines whether and, if so, why source country heterogeneity exists in foreign direct investment (FDI …

This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the … differences between South-South FDI and North-South FDI. Among the comparisons of the two types of FDI we try to summarize are be …

Previous research has been inconclusive as regards the effect of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic … of industry as regards the impact of outward FDI on domestic investment. The results may thus have profound policy …

This article argues that the body of foreign direct investment (FDI) literature in general and the ownership, location … as drivers of FDI. We suggest that financial strategies involving factors such as debt/equity swaps or equity-listings in … foreign equity markets affect the firm’s relative cost and availability of capital, and motivate a firm’s engagement in FDI …