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The determinants of FDI in Sub-Saharan economies : a study of data from 1990-2017
Jaiblai, Prince; Shenai, Vijay - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 7 (2019) 3/43, pp. 1-31
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can bring in much needed capital, particularly to developing countries, help improve manufacturing and trade sectors, bring in more efficient technologies, increase local production and exports, create jobs and develop local skills, and bring about improvements in...
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Modelling FDI based on a spatially augmented gravity model : evidence for Central and Eastern European Countries
Leibrecht, Markus; Riedl, Aleksandra - 2012
Based on a spatially augmented gravity model the current paper isolates spatial interrelationships in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) not only across the destination but also across the origin country dimension of FDI. Results show that: (i)...
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Do universities matter for the location of foreign R&D?
Añón Higon, María Dolores; Diez-Minguela, Alfonso - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 27 (2024) 2, pp. 104-120
This article explores the extent to which the regional higher education system (HES) influences the location of foreign … research and development (R&D). To do so, we use a dataset with information on the location choices of new foreign R … seem to play a significant role. Moreover, the strength of the research mission has a positive influence on the location …
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The Trade and FDI Effects of EMU Enlargement
Brouwer, Jelle; Paap, Richard; Viaene, Jean-Marie - 2007
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...
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The Trade-Off between Foreign Direct Investments and Exports: The Role of Multiple Dimensions of Distance
Lankhuizen, Maureen; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Linders, … - 2009
To serve foreign markets, firms can either export or set up a local subsidiary through horizontal Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The conventional proximity-concentration theory suggests that FDI substitutes for trade if distance between countries is large, while exports become more important...
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Revealed Competition for Greenfield Investments between European Regions
Burger, Martijn J.; van der Knaap, Bert; Wall, Ronald S. - 2012
In the modern economy, cities are assumed to be in fierce competition over attracting foreign investments in leading sectors of the world economy. Despite the rich theoretical discourse on these 'wars', it remains unclear which territories are competing with each other over which types of...
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Common currencies and FDI flows
Schiavo, Stefano - 2005
The paper investigates the impact of EMU on foreign direct investment flows. Using the option value approach to investment decisions, it is possible to show how exchange rate uncertainty hinders cross-border investment flows. By permanently fixing bilateral exchange rates, a currency union can...
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Internacionalização das empresas brasileiras no mercado argentino
Gomes, Keiti da Rocha - 2011
The growing interest of Brazilian companies in the Argentine market has attracted the attention of the both economies on the implications and the reasons behind of this phenomenon. Recent data show a marked increased tendency flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Brazil toward the...
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Domestic competition and foreign direct investment in unionized oligopoly
Ishida, Junichiro; Matsushima, Noriaki - 2009
It is often argued, though mostly informally, that outward foreign direct investment (FDI) is a synonym for the export of employment and thus detrimental to the home economy. To see whether and under what conditions this intuition indeed holds true, we construct a model of unionized duopoly and...
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Multinationals without Advantages
Motta, Massimo - 1996
We propose a simple model to analyze the widespread idea that a necessary condition for firms to make foreign direct investments is that they have firm-specific advantages with respect to host country firms. We show that no such advantages are necessary to become multinationals. Further, firms...
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