Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 4,100
Cover Image
Governance Infrastructure and Location of Foreign Direct Investment in the People’s Republic of China
He, Jia; Rui, Oliver M.; Zha, Xiaolei - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
Standard neoclassical theory predicts that capital should flow from rich to poor countries. However, Lucas (1990) points out that these capital flows are actually very modest, and nowhere near the levels predicted by theory. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) now receives more foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651618
Cover Image
Restoring the Economic Power of Russia through OFDI Expansion
DRIGÃ, Imola; DURA, Codruþa - In: Economia. Seria Management 16 (2013) 2, pp. 227-241
segmenting their activities and in finding optimal location for increasingly specialized forms of activity being able to adopt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857612
Cover Image
What drives FDI from non-traditional sources? A comparative analysis of the determinants of bilateral FDI flows
Sosa Andrés, Maximiliano; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Busse, … - In: Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013), pp. 1-53
raises the question of whether the location choices differ systematically between traditional and non-traditional source …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954799
Cover Image
What drives FDI from non-traditional sources? A comparative analysis of the determinants of bilateral FDI flows
Sosa Andrés, Maximiliano; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Busse, … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
raises the question of whether the location choices differ systematically between traditional and non-traditional source …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956147
Cover Image
Fixed Costs and FDI: The Conflicting Effects of Productivity Shocks
Razin, Assaf; Rubinstein, Yona; Sadka, Efraim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
The Paper develops a model with lumpy setup costs of new investment, which govern the flows of FDI. Foreign investment decisions are two-fold: whether to export FDI and, if so, how much. The first decision is governed by total profitability considerations, whereas the second is governed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124221
Cover Image
Study Regarding FDI Flows and International Competitiveness in European Union Countries
Mihaela, Herciu; Claudia, Ogrean - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XI (2011) 1, pp. 943-947
The purpose of the paper is to analyze foreign direct investment flows and international competitiveness in European Union countries. The result of the analyze shows that is a direct correlation between foreign direct investment flows (FDI flows quantify by UNCTAD) and international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632039
Cover Image
Determinants of FDI Stocks and Flows to Eastern European Countries
Angela-Maria, Filip; Andrei-Vasile, Moldovan - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XII (2012) 3, pp. 65-65
Considering the significant positive impact of foreign direct investments on the developing economies, we have tried in this paper to identify the main factors influencing one way or another the flows and stocks of FDI. Our sample includes four host countries with a similar past from Eastern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711173
Cover Image
The Expansion of FDI Flows – A Major Factor of Globalization
Isac, Claudia; Dura, Codruța; Ciurlău, Florin Cristian - In: Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics 11 (2011) 4, pp. 139-150
Globalization is the process whereby geographical distance becomes a less important factor in establishing and developing cross-border economic, political and socio-cultural relations; therefore production networks and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows represent the main factors that play a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011066963
Cover Image
DETERMINANT FACTORS OF FDI IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE EU
COCONOIU, Diana D. - In: SEA - Practical Application of Science (2014) 5, pp. 231-250
Influencing factors of FDI are economic, social and political. The contextual factors can have a substantial influence on FDI inflows and outflows. The proposed analysis will identify whether there is a direct relationship between economic growth and FDI flows. In this paper, I will analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079558
Cover Image
More stringent BITs, less ambiguous effects on FDI? Not a bit!
Berger, Axel; Busse, Matthias; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, … - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2010
We focus on investor-state dispute settlement provisions contained in various, though far from all, bilateral investment treaties as a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our estimation results prove to be sensitive to the specification of these provisions as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115105