order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …

internal debt, a number of developing countries do not. In this paper, we analyze the effect on FDI and host country welfare of … capitalization limits may be needed in developing countries to attract FDI, the amount of debt financing allowed by the permissive …

We study patterns of FDI in a multi-country world economy. First, we present evidence for a broad sample of countries … that firms direct FDI disproportionately to markets with income levels similar to their home market. Then we develop a …-driven and the decision to serve foreign countries via exports or FDI depends on a proximity-concentration trade-off. We …

This paper empirically examines the role of political factors in the Japanese outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI … explains recent Japanese outward FDI flows and reveals new patterns in its behavior. …

robust positive impact on FDI. …