productivity spillovers from FDI using establishment level data for the UK. We allow for different effects of FDI on establishments … matters for productivity spillover benefits. We find evidence for a u-shaped relationship between productivity growth and FDI …

analysis with aggregated data indicates that in the eight central and east European EU member states FDI and trade are … complementary. This result is confirmed by an FDI enhanced gravity model which makes use of sectoral data provided by the Bundesbank …'s micro database direct investment (MIDI). The net effect of FDI on the trade balance is ambiguous, but FDI in high …

inward FDI stocks. For a panel of five advanced economies from 1980 to 2006 it is shown that price competitiveness, stable …-Saxon legislation also play a role. Financial competitiveness in turn encourages FDI inflows whereas it benefits fixed investment …