to FDI. In contrast, the available theory on FDI does not yet provide empirically testable propositions on the effects of … principal features of FDI. This paper uses a "gravity model" approach to assess the impact of the deepening integration between … the EU and the CEECs on FDI flows in terms of three key issues. First, we provide systematic estimates of the expected …

This paper investigates the effects of double tax treaties (DTTs) on foreign direct investment (FDI) after controlling … a network, since FDI can flow from home to host country through one or more conduit countries. By accounting for treaty …, only relevant and neutral tax treaties increase bilateral FDI, whereas irrelevant DTTs do not. We can quantify the increase …

complemented by an analysis of the broader circumstances of rising FDI protectionism worldwide, under the increased complexity of …

, and facilitating FDI; (iii) regulating subsidised state-owned enterprises, competition in subsidies for investment, and …

Gravity factors explain a large part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Southeastern Europe - a region not … potential FDI for each country, and uses its deviation from actual levels to estimate what policies can realistically be … expected to achieve in terms of additional FDI. It also finds evidence that above a certain threshold, the importance of some …

Gravity factors explain a large part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in transition economies, including in … regime. This paper focuses on non-privatization FDI—a novelty in the literature—and finds evidence of nonlinearities, with … the impact of policies on FDI changing above a certain level of income. It also develops the concept of potential FDI for …

We analyze the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs), via their foreign direct investment (FDI), on domestic firms …