actual aggregate cross-section data for 89 countries in 2011 to a hypothetical world without FDI. The gains from FDI amount … to 9% of world's welfare and to 11% of world's trade, unevenly distributed among winners and losers. Net exports of FDI …We develop a dynamic multi-country trade model with foreign direct investment (FDI) in the form of non-rival technology …

We quantify the relationships between deep trade liberalization and foreign direct investment (FDI). To this end, we … to (i) estimate the direct impact of DTAs on FDI, (ii) translate the partial DTA estimates into general equilibrium … effects on FDI; and (iii) obtain partial DTA effects on trade and quantify the impact of DTAs on FDI through trade. We obtain …

This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign …. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor productivity, size, etc., we find …

things equal. Increased participation in higher education enhances productivity progress and is accompanied by rising wage …. Using foreign direct investment (FDI) as a measure for capital flows, we present empirical evidence which largely confirms …

Foreign direct investments (FDI) are an important determinant of economic growth. Coun-tries try to attract mobile … capital in order to foster economic development, albeit FDI might increase regional inequality since the many different … regions of a country usually do not receive FDI in equal measure. A conflict emerges between efficiency and redistribution …

inward trade barriers affect productivity. The production function of Brazilian manufacturers is estimated at the ISIC3 two …-digit level under various alternatives, including an extension of Olley and Pakes' (1996) procedure. Firm-level productivity is … inferred and then related to trade. Findings suggest that (1) foreign competition pressures firms to raise productivity …