between export and FDI. The model combines the proximity-concentration trade-off framework with the real option methodology … introduction of productivity growth increases the likeliness of first time market entry through FDI. If the firm is confronted with … uncertain productivity growth, market entry through FDI increases even further. Uncertainty is identified as a compounding force …

foreign direct investment choice, the export strategy can be rejected although it is dominating the FDI project and although … continuous variables on export and FDI patterns. …

-oriented foreign direct investment (FDI). The effects of these policies on the external accounts have been largely ignored. This paper … endogenizes FDI inflows in a structuralist general equilibrium framework to contribute towards filling this gap. Our economy …. The analysis finds that, contrary to widely-shared perceptions, the short-run effects of FDI-friendly policies on the …

Investment (FDI). The conventional proximity-concentration theory suggests that FDI substitutes for trade if distance between … empirically the effect of different dimensions of distance on the choice between exports and FDI. We find that different … dimensions of distance affect exports and FDI differently. There is clear evidence of a proximity-concentration trade-off in …

We assess drivers of FDI in a panel of BRICS and MINT countries for the period 2001-2011. We bundle and unbundle … established. First, for both contemporary and non-contemporary specifications, while determinants for gross FDI are significant …, they are not for net FDI. Second, for contemporary specifications, the significance of the governance dynamics is as …