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

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 …

Does more FDI make the world a riskier place for workers? We analyze whether an increase in multinational firms …

the period 1989-2002. We find that German outward FDI increases in response to positive cyclical developments abroad and …

institutional quality can be made worse off adopting policies that attract FDI as the benefits from higher wages and production are … ability to collect taxes, since the benefit of attracting more FDI outstrips the benefit of increased tax revenue. Countries … with very strong institutions benefit from FDI and should utilize their full ability to collect taxes. …

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 …

distribution within countries, on the determinants of remittances at a micro-level, or on the effects of migration and remittances …