/methodology/approach - This study uses the auto-regressive distributive lag (ARDL) approach to understand the relationship between FDI and … correction model of ARDL shed light on institutional stability being an exogenous variable, and FDI is an endogenous variable …Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) flows and …

types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly represent a rent accruing to previous owners, and do not necessarily … contribute to expanding the host country's capital stock. The model suggests that greenfield FDI has a stronger impact on growth … than M&A sales. This hypothesis is supported by our empirical results, which show that greenfield FDI enhances growth …

– FDI, portfolio equity securities, debt securities as well as loans – for a broad set of 77 countries, we show that such a … particular FDI, and to some extent also loans, are substantially more sensitive to information frictions than investment in … portfolio equity and debt securities. We also show that the share as well as the size of FDI that a country receive are largely …