Many countries strive to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) hoping that knowledge brought by multinationals will … existence of horizontal spillovers from FDI in developing countries, several recent papers have confirmed the presence of …

many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting that attracting inflows of FDI offers potential for upgrading a … sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … over the period 1984-2000. The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit values of exports in …

, though, that researchers have been looking for foreign direct investment (FDI) spillovers in the wrong place. Multinationals … industry but at the same time may want to transfer knowledge to their local suppliers in other sectors. Spillovers from FDI may … focuses on the understudied issue of FDI spillovers through backward linkages and goes beyond existing studies by shedding …

preference away from joint ventures in a corrupt country. Empirical evidence shows that corruption reduces inward FDI and shifts …