essential for a country's economic growth. Our hypothesis is that foreign-educated leaders attract more FDI to their country …. Our rationale is that education obtained abroad encompasses a whole slew of factors that can make a difference in FDI … significant determinant of FDI inflows, beyond other standard characteristics. While intuitive, this result does not necessarily …

and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the … varies by sector, FDI source, business environment (corruption, red tape, level of development), firm's distance to the …

Our estimates, based on large firm-level and industry-level data sets from eighteen countries, suggest that FDI and … FDI effect is more pronounced for firms from advanced economies. Moreover, our results indicate that the spillover effects …

outward FDI to their countries of origin. Drawing upon aggregated individual-level refugee and project-level FDI data, we … show that outward FDI to refugees' countries of origin grew more from those U.S. commuting zones that hosted greater … refugees fostered FDI to their home region, while national domestic reforms in Vietnam amplified the positive FDI …

determinants of Chinese firm outward FDI (OFDI). In our analysis, the primary independent variables include high-tech intensity …

This paper extends the existing literature on FDI and wage inequality. We do this in two ways. Firstly, we incorporate … and vertical FDI. Secondly, after establishing the effects that inward investment has on wage inequality, we then analyse … has on this. We illustrate the important differences that horizontal and vertical FDI have on both wages and wage …

's model by using FDI flows to test the original theory developed by Mundell in 1973. A gravity model is used to empirically … investment within the European Union. A fixed effects model based on a panel data of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows within …. Specifically, our results suggest that economic convergence ensured by belonging to the common currency area helps double FDI flows …

evidence on the link of productivity and both exports and foreign direct investment (fdi) in services firms from a highly … – where the firms with the highest productivity engage in fdi while the least productive firms serve the home market only and … is evidence that firms with fdi are less productive than firms that export …