"Empirical studies of bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI) activity show substantial differences in specifications … that allow one to select from a large set of candidates those variables most likely to be determinants of FDI activity. The …

Recent theoretical work suggests that the presence of foreign direct investment (FDI) lowers a country’s noncooperative … export supply elasticity. Using constructed estimates of export supply elasticities and measures of FDI, we test this … Organization (WTO) for two primary reasons: first, China is a recipient of FDI during this time; and second, prior to becoming a …