Purpose: This study aims to use a quantitative measure of trade policy space to investigate empirically whether trade policy space influences foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to countries. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical analysis covers an unbalanced panel data set of 158...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the effect of development aid volatility on foreign direct investment (FDI) volatility in aid recipient countries. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical analysis has relied on a sample of 117 countries over the period 1981–2016 and used the two-step...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine empirically whether the impact of multilateral trade liberalization on export performance and export performance convergence in developing countries depends on the amount of Aid for Trade (AfT) flows that accrue to these countries. Export...