optimal development policy requires FDI to be matched by investment into the absorptive capacity. -- Technology diffusion …

This paper introduces intra- and inter-sectoral technology diffusion via FDI and imports into a recursive-dynamic CGE … ; technology transfer ; trade ; FDI ; climate change ; China …

investments (FDI) in the US. In contrast to earlier work, this paper puts special emphasis on controlling for Marshallian … externalities may, if not accounted for appropriately, be falsely attributed to FDI. This paper also deals with the potential … endogeneity of FDI and the presence of spatial lags by employing a system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator. We use a …

This study employs state-level panel data to explore the relationship between inward foreign direct investment (FDI …-sectional heterogeneity, cross-sectional dependence, and endogenous regressors, we find that the short-run effects of FDI on income inequality … are insignificant or weakly significant and negative. In the long run, however, FDI exerts a significant and robust …

investment treaties as a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our estimation results prove to be … dispute settlement provisions do not necessarily result in higher FDI inflows so that the effectiveness of BITs as a credible … commitment device remains elusive. -- Dispute Settlement ; BITs ; FDI flows …

generation and there exist numerous studies on the determinants of FDI flows and the role of incentives designed to attract FDI …

This paper examines the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and income inequality for a sample of ten … variables, slope heterogeneity, and endogenous regressors, we find that: (1) FDI has a positive short-run effect on income … inequality in Europe, (2) the long-run effect of FDI on inequality, however, is negative on average, (3) long-run causality runs …

The previous literature provides a highly ambiguous picture on the impact of trade and investment agreements on FDI … of modalities on the admission of FDI and dispute settlement mechanisms in both RTAs and BITs on bilateral FDI flows … between 1978 and 2004. We find that FDI reacts positively to RTAs only if they offer liberal admission rules. Dispute …

This paper examines the long-run effect of FDI on health in developed countries. Using panel cointegration techniques …, we find a significant and negative long-run effect. -- FDI ; health ; panel cointegration …