All countries are eager to attract as much foreign investments as possible. At the same time FDI may have not only positive, but also negative economic effects for receiving countries. Positive effects are associated with technology transfer, efficient allocation of resources, and training of...

All countries are eager to attract as much foreign investments as possible. At the same time FDI may have not only positive, but also negative economic effects for receiving countries. Positive effects are associated with technology transfer, efficient allocation of resources, and training of...

We investigate both theoretically and empirically the competitive discipline effect exerted by FDI on plant-level price-cost margins. Using plant level data for manufacturing industries in the United Kingdom we find robust evidence supporting our theoretical predictions: greenfield FDI has a...

This paper studies the life span of 187 new foreign firms in Vietnam that were created in 2000 and measures for how many years they stay in the market over the 2000-2011 period. The Cox proportional hazard model is employed to ascertain the relative importance of industry- and firm-specific...

Foreign direct investments from India, although not exactly a recent phenomenon, has attracted the attention of scholars only in the recent past. Nevertheless a fairly substantial literature has emerged on the phenomenon of foreign direct investments (FDI) from the LDCs. The published literature...

This paper analyzes the impact of FDI on domestic firm entry and firm size distributions in 245 industries in the Czech Republic during 1994 to 2000. We find that larger foreign presence stimulates the entry of domestic firms within the same industry indicating the existence of positive...

Are there productivity spillovers from FDI to domestic firms, and, if so, how much should host countries be willing to pay to attract FDI? To examine these questions we use a plant-level panel covering U.K. manufacturing from 1973 through 1992. Across a wide range of specifications, we estimate...

This paper is based on the EXIM Bank International Trade Research Annual Award 1990 doctoral thesis "Foreign Direct Investments From India: 1963-83". It brings out the trends in direct foreign investments over the period, the patterns of ownership and control, the sources of technology of the...

The aim of the analysis is to investigate the impact of inward FDI on Italian manufacturing and services firm survival. The paper is organized in two steps. First, we carry out theoretically and empirically the analysis of firm survival distinguishing between foreign multinationals, domestic...