and the volatility of the main capital flows - foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investment, and foreign bank …

firm characteristics for analyzing the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The focus is on the role of … ownership shares in new affiliates. -- Multinational enterprises ; firm characteristics ; Indian locations ; German FDI …

In addition to firm and industry characteristics, the heterogeneity of foreign direct investment (FDI) has to be taken … into account when analyzing the determinants of outward FDI. We combine two firm-specific datasets on German firms with … subsidiaries and joint ventures in the Czech Republic, compared to a control group of German firms without FDI in this host country …

importance of firm-level productivity and distance-related transaction costs as driving forces of FDI. Yet the timing of FDI has … received little attention in the empirical literature on FDI determinants. To help close this gap we analyze FDI decisions by … German firms with and without affiliates in the Czech Republic at different stages of transition. We find that FDI entry …

investment (FDI) cannot be gauged using firm-level data. Aggregated data, in turn, miss channels through which domestic and … investment. We theoretically show that the effects of FDI on the domestic capital stock depend on the structure of industries and … inter-sector linkage effects. We test the model using data on German FDI. Using panel cointegration methods, we find …

the abolition of capital controls seem to have exerted a greater influence on foreign assets than on FDI of German banks …

Economic theory provides two main explanations why changes in exchange rates can affect foreign direct investment (FDI …). According to a first explanation, FDI reacts to exchange rate changes if there are information frictions on capital markets and … explanation, FDI reacts to exchange rate changes if output and factor markets are segmented, and if firm-specific assets are …

The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet … determinants of international asset holdings and trade flows. We find in most regressions that EU membership has a significant … candidates actual values are still far below expected ones in most cases. Consequently, we anticipate rising capital and trade …