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Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth; Firm-Level Evidence From the United States
Yeaple, Stephen R.; Keller, Wolfgang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
We estimate international technology spillovers to U.S. manufacturing firms via imports and foreign direct investment … gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 11 percent of … productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for import-related spillovers, but it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263684
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Multinational Affiliates and Local Financial Markets
Sayek, Selin; Lehmann, Alexander; Kang, Hyoung Goo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
We use data on the sources of debt finance of U.S. majority-owned foreign affiliates in 53 countries over the period 1983 to 2001 to examine the role of financial market development, and exposure to host country-specific risk on the financing choices of these affiliates. We find that total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263683
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Why Does Fdi Go Where it Goes? New Evidence From the Transition Economies
Kinoshita, Yuko; Campos, Nauro F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper examines the importance of agglomeration economies and institutions vis-a-vis initial conditions and factor endowments in explaining the locational choice of foreign investors. Using a unique panel data set for 25 transition economies between 1990 and 1998, we find that the main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263716
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Who Can Explain the Mauritian Miracle; Meade, Romer, Sachs, or Rodrik?
Subramanian, Arvind; Roy, Devesh - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper examines different explanations-initial conditions, openness to trade and FDI, and institutions-of the Mauritian growth experience since the mid-1970s. We show that arguments based on openness to trade and FDI are either misleading or incomplete, and the transmission mechanism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263839
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FDI from BRICs to LICs; Emerging Growth Driver?
Mlachila, Montfort; Takebe, Misa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Despite the rapid increase in FDI flows to LICs, there have been relatively few studies that have specifically examined these flows. This paper attempts to partially fill the void by throwing light on one particularly dynamic aspect of global FDI-flows from Brazil, Russia, India and China...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203549
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Domestic Competition Spurs Exports; The Indian Example
Poddar, Tushar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
been an outcome of local firm innovation which has come about due to increased competitive pressure from FDI entry. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826229
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Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms; Evidence From Eastern Europe and Latin America
Kinoshita, Yuko; Campos, Nauro F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper investigates the role of structural reforms -financial reforms, trade liberalization, and privatization- as determinants of FDI inflows based on newly constructed dataset on structural reforms for 19 Latin American and 25 Eastern European countries between 1989 and 2004. Our main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826274
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FDI Spillovers, Financial Markets and Economic Development
Sayek, Selin; Alfaro, Laura; Chanda, Areendam; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
markets allow agents to take advantage of knowledge spillovers from FDI, magnifying the output effects of FDI. Empirically, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768918
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Determinants of, and the Relation Between, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth; A Summary of the Recent Literature
Lim, Ewe-Ghee - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
economic growth and its determinants. The first part focuses on recent literature regarding positive spillovers from FDI while … spillovers from FDI, there is no consensus on causality. On determinants, the paper finds that market size, infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769019
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The Effect of Capital Controlson Foreign Direct Investment Decisions Under Country Risk with Intangible Assets
Elo, Kinga Z. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper examines how capital controls affect FDI decisions and how the impact of these restrictive measures varies with different levels of country risk. We construct a model of firms' FDI decisions, broadly in Dunning's "eclectic theory" framework, using "real options" to emphasize economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769054