Inward and outward direct investment (FDI) stocks and flows tend to go together, across countries and over time. The … countries that invest extensively abroad are usually also large recipients of FDI. There is little evidence that flows of FDI … primary role of FDI. FDI transfers the ownership of existing productive assets from one set of owners to others willing to pay …

pattern of trade in goods can reverse when FDI is permitted, and (3) the optimal tax on FDI (which we do not advocate as a …

This paper examines how inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) have influenced the restructuring of the … Japanese firms, particularly those of multinational manufacturing firms. However, Japanese outward FDI is still not very large … increase when compared with the levels of most other OECD countries. Inward FDI will presumably have an even stronger impact on …

informational advantage over foreign portfolio investors, who are 'far away' from the domestic market. However, FDI is different …. Futhermore, FDI investors not only have an informational advantage over foreign portfolio investors, but they are also more … informed than domestic savers. Because FDI entails direct control on the acquired domestic firm, which the typical domestic …

countries by using data on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) to the U.S. and on differences in the regulatory stringency of … to control for unobserved state characteristics that may be correlated with both FDI and compliance costs. We find some …