). First, we provide a theoretical foundation for a gravity-type FDI model, which shows that physical distance and … FDI data for a total of 47 OECD and non- OECD countries from 1980 to 1997 and find that distance is negatively related to … prominent in the 1990s than in the 1980s. Moreover, IT plays a more effective role by reducing communication cost when distance …

etc) appear to positively impact bilateral flows in most cases, distance -- broadly proxying some sort of transactions and … / or information frictions -- stands out as consistently hindering all types of capital flows. But does greater distance … distance change the composition of capital flows? This is the specific question that this paper focuses on, differentiating …

higher in advanced countries, are negatively correlated with the distance between markets, and increase at times of active …

explaining the long-run strong performancee of global exports; (2)The deterrent effect of economic and cultural distance on …