The integration of emerging markets into the global economy is heavily promoted by foreign direct investment (FDI …) inflows. Within the factors driving the location of FDI, regional trade agreements (RTAs) become increasingly relevant for … emerging markets. We explore the impact of South-South trade agreements on FDI by dynamic panel models. The MENA countries are …

-constructed dataset we find a positive association between bilateral FDI stock and both gross bilateral trade and the bilateral import … global perspective stand out both in terms of degree of global value chain-participation and size of inward FDI stock …

Over the past two decades, the growth rate of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing and transition … of outward FDI on domestic investment in developing countries. Using data from 121 developing and transition economies … over the period 1990–2010, the results suggest that FDI outflows negatively impact the rate of domestic investment …

The integration of emerging markets into the global economy is heavily promoted by foreign direct investment (FDI …) inflows. Within the factors driving the location of FDI, regional trade agreements (RTAs) become increasingly relevant for … emerging markets. We explore the impact of South-South trade agreements on FDI by dynamic panel models. The MENA countries are …

What makes developing countries attractive for foreign direct investment (FDI)? Labour regulations are believed to be … one of the major factors determining the level of FDI inflows to the developing countries. In order to allure the foreign … relationship between labour regulations and the amount of FDI inflows to the developing countries. Based on analysis of data from …

This article reviews the impact of intellectual property (IP) protection on foreign direct investment (FDI) by … FDI/IP dataset of 31 Swiss MNEs investing into 53 developing WTO Members over a period of 21 years (1990-2010), this study … significant positive effect on FDI volumes. A differentiated analysis of specific sectors, however, does identify a significant …

In this paper, we examine how the business and interest rate cycles in developed countries affects FDI to developing … countries. After aggregating flows into three big source areas (the U.S., Europe and Japan), we find FDI flows to be … cyclical behavior or mild procyclical behavior. This finding is consistent with the fact that FDI outflows and local investment …

-constructed dataset we find a positive association between bilateral FDI stock and both gross bilateral trade and the bilateral import … global perspective stand out both in terms of degree of global value chain-participation and size of inward FDI stock …