externalities and other intra- and inter-regional spillovers generated by domestic firms. The productivity effects of these …This paper estimates the aggregate productivity effects of Marshallian externalities generated by foreign direct … investments (FDI) in the US. In contrast to earlier work, this paper puts special emphasis on controlling for Marshallian …

firm characteristics for analyzing the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The focus is on the role of … their engagement in already existing Indian firms. Most notably, the productivity of the German parents matters only for … ownership shares in new affiliates. -- Multinational enterprises ; firm characteristics ; Indian locations ; German FDI …

importance of firm-level productivity and distance-related transaction costs as driving forces of FDI. Yet the timing of FDI has …. -- Multinational enterprises ; firm-level productivity ; distance ; timing of FDI … received little attention in the empirical literature on FDI determinants. To help close this gap we analyze FDI decisions by …

characteristics for analyzing the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The focus is on the role of firm … existing Indian firms. Most notably, the productivity of the German parents matters only for ownership shares in new affiliates …

foreign investors operate must be conducive to favourable FDI effects with regard to overall investment, economic spillovers …For FDI to help achieve the international development goal of halving absolute poverty, two conditions have to be met … and income growth. This paper argues that it is much more difficult to benefit from FDI than to attract FDI. Weak markets …

foreign investors operate must be conducive to favourable FDI effects with regard to overall investment, economic spillovers …For FDI to help achieve the international development goal of halving absolute poverty, two conditions have to be met … and income growth. This paper argues that it is much more difficult to benefit from FDI than to attract FDI. Weak markets …