on foreign direct investment (FDI) flows and on three sub-components of these flows for the countries of the en- larged … European Union. The model in the spirit of gravity equations robustly explains FDI flows between the 25 member states. Sample … selection needs to be addressed in the estimation. We show that the different subcomponents of FDI should and indeed do react …

the period 1989-2002. We find that German outward FDI increases in response to positive cyclical developments abroad and …

characteristics. Results indicate that FDI by non-banks exerted a strong pull effect on banking FDI flows, as did highly developed … variable turns out be highly negatively correlated with FDI flows. Disaggregation of the sample by region illustrates that the …

The choice between foreign direct investment (FDI) and exports has been a recurrent theme in the literature on … study the FDI-versus-exports decision for banks. We use data on the foreign direct investment stocks and the cross … international expansion of banks. Our results also suggest that FDI and cross-border services are complements rather than …

investment (FDI) of nonfinancial firms, but little evidence is available for banks. This paper analyses whether banks have a …

The paper analyses the financial structure of German inward FDI. From a tax perspective, intra-company loans granted by …

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 …