geographic patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). This chapter reviews existing theories and evidence specifically … addressing questions including: How is FDI distributed across space? Why does the law of gravity apply? How do the costs of … FDI and present the key empirical studies and findings …

emphasis on the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in determining micro economic performance. Using a new worldwide … multinationals around the world responded to the crisis relative to local firms. We explore three distinct channels through which FDI … is considerable heterogeneity in the role of FDI. First, multinationals located in countries that experienced sharper …