Cross-country regressions suggest that urbanization and FDI are important drivers of growth. However, it is not clear … that primacy eventually hurts growth performance. Since it is tough to interpret cross-country growth regressions, we … provide detailed evidence on the determinants of outward FDI from the US. FDI is higher in countries that are close to the US …

with less foreign direct investment (FDI). With an improved dataset on tax autonomy of sub-federal government tiers, we … present evidence that fiscal decentralization (de facto) does not reduce FDI. If local governments can set their tax rates and … bases independently, they attract more FDI. Analyzing 83,458 corporate cross-border acquisitions (CBA), between 148 source …

The paper considers profit shifting behavior using data on German inbound and outbound FDI. It finds an empirical … increase in the profitability of the German affiliate. On the outbound side of German FDI, the data provides some evidence that …

Employing an endogenous growth model with human capital, this paper explores how productivity shocks in the goods and …. Given the importance of accounting for both the dynamics and the trends in the data not captured by the theoretical growth … the endogenous growth model or the standard real business cycle model better explains the observed variation in these …

effect of corruption on economic growth is especially pronounced in autocracies and transmits to growth by decreasing FDI and …The nexus between corruption and economic growth has been examined for a long time. Many empirical studies measured … 2012-2018 and re-examine the nexus between corruption and economic growth. The cumulative long-run effect of corruption on …

This paper examines the impact of labour and product market reforms on economic growth in 25 OECD countries between … results suggest that product market reforms mostly cause slight negative growth, except when implemented during periods of … neutral fiscal policy. Labour market reforms hurt growth under tight and neutral fiscal policy but are conducive to economic …