In this paper we examine how business cycles in the home country affect outward flows of FDI (OFDI). We employ a panel data set of OFDI flows for a representative sample of countries from 1970 to 2011. The findings of the regression models that we have used are consistent with the hypothesis...

In this paper, we approach empirically the influence of trade union (TU) bargaining power on delocalization strategies by analyzing the determinants of processing trade data as a proxy for delocalization and using an index that measures TU bargaining power as the main explanatory variable. Trade...

Research on China’s role in the globalisation of economic activity focuses mainly on its involvement in trade and on its competitiveness as a manufacturing location for foreign investors. However, since the mid-1990s China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) has become an...