Over the past two decades, the growth rate of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing and transition … of outward FDI on domestic investment in developing countries. Using data from 121 developing and transition economies … over the period 1990–2010, the results suggest that FDI outflows negatively impact the rate of domestic investment …

Macro statistics on foreign direct investment (FDI) are blurred by offshore centers withenormous inward and outward … investment positions. This paper uses several new datasources, both macro and micro, to estimate the global FDI network while … percent of global FDI. Ignoringphantom investment and allocating real investment to ultimate investors increases …

FDI has played a strong role in the export-led growth of eastern European countries that are now members of the … European Union (EU). Largely sourced from advanced Europe, FDI inflows were motivated by the intention to pursue new markets … needed for FDI to continue playing a strong role? Can the Western Balkan countries, who are not yet EU members and have in …

considerable contrast in behavior between vertical FDI (foreign firms producing for export) and horizontal FDI (foreign firms … infrastructure, human capital, and insitutions, are. By analyzing disaggregate FDI data, the paper establishes that, while there is … producing for local markets), taxation is not a key determinant for either type of FDI. Horizontal FDI is attracted to areas …

This paper addresses three types of geographical decoupling in foreign direct investment (FDI), i.e., challenges when … using traditional FDI data as a proxy for real economic integration between economies: (i) large bilateral asymmetries … between inward and outward FDI, (ii) the role of special purpose entities (SPEs), and (iii) the effect of moving from …

This paper presents estimates of the carbon emissions of FDI from capital formation funded by FDI and the production of … foreign-controlled firms. The carbon intensity of capital formation financed by FDI has trended down, driven by reductions in … greater than those from their capital formation. High emission intensities were accompanied by high export intensities in …

Over the past decade, South Africa has attracted relatively little foreign direct investment (FDI), but considerable … further trade and capital control liberalization would increase the share of FDI. Additionally, a reduction in exchange rate … volatility would affect the composition of capital flows in favor of FDI …

advantage in the global markets, a trend similar to that of other major foreign direct investment (FDI) source countries … investment gaps. The COVID-19 pandemic could have a long-lasting impact on global value chains and FDI flows, which poses both … challenges and opportunities to LAC in attracting FDI, including from China, to support the region’s long-run economic …

from different countries. We investigate the validity of this assumption by estimating manufacturing export equations for … 56 countries over 26 years. We find that the hypothesis of CES is rejected and that the export equations that contain two …