The paper investigates the impact of exchange rates on US foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to a sample of 16 …: the value of the local currency (a cheaper currency attracts FDI); expected changes in the exchange rate (expected … devaluation implies FDI is postponed); and exchange rate volatility (discourages FDI). The results reveal a negative relationship …

The role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in small island developing states (SIDS) is an issue that has been … empirical economics literature. For SIDS themselves however, FDI represents an important additional source of investment capital … analyse the determinants of the inflows of FDI to SIDS. The analysis is undertaken in the context of the existing literature …

(FDI), but also portfolio capital flows from CIBS. To inform the discussion, two steps are taken: first, in order to … measures undertaken by CIBS to date and future intended liberalization. Second, it maps geographic distribution of outward FDI …

investigate the effect of FDI on private investment. It also explores if the relationship between FDI and private investment is … investment is more important than FDI in terms of the contribution to total investment, and that FDI inflows and private … investment are higher in countries with good governance. Interestingly, the findings demonstrate that FDI tends to displace …

We use a modified gravity model to estimate the relationship between trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the … inward FDI. Distance (reflecting remoteness and transport costs) and political instability are confirmed to be significant … determinants of FDI to SADC. We discern differences in the patterns and determinants of FDI to SADC, whether it is from the USA and …