The last two decades have witnessed a tremendous increase in global trade and investments. This has been followed by a shift in the pattern of FDI inflow, which had gradually become more favorable to the developing countries. Consequently, this resulted in an increase in competition among...

Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting resources towards unproductive activities? In this paper we explore this question using data for a large number of developing and emerging economies. Controlling for countries'...

Ausländische Direktinvestitionen begünstigen die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung nicht nur in Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern, sondern ebenso in Industrienationen. Einen ausführlichen Einblick in die neuesten Entwicklungen bei weltweiten Direktinvestitionen bietet der jährlich erscheinende...

Ausländische Direktinvestitionen repräsentieren neben Exporten einen wesentlichen Faktor in der internationalen ökonomischen Integration. Vor allem multinationale Unternehmen haben durch Auslandsgesellschaften in den letzten Jahrzehnten wesentlich zum Wachstum ausländischer...

Die wichtigsten Entwicklungen und Aspekte weltweit beobachteter ausländischer Direktinvestitionen werden jährlich im Rahmen des von der Welthandelskonferenz (UNCTAD) herausgegebenen World Investment Reports dargestellt und analysiert. Der aktuelle World Investment Report (WIR) widmet sich...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the most ambiguous and the least understood concepts in international economics. Common debate on FDI is confounded by several myths regarding its nature and impact on capital accumulation, technological progress, industrialization and growth. It is...

This paper considers the nature and the distribution of trade and FDI effects of a potential enlargement of the European Monetary Union (EMU) to the 10 countries that obtained EU membership in 2004. One-way and two-way error component gravity models are estimated using a data set of unbalanced...

We examine the role of cost uncertainty in a firm's choice between exporting and foreign investment in oligopolistic industry. We consider both foreign direct investment and an international joint venture, and allow country-specific and firm-specific cost uncertainty. Unlike exporting, either...