While general equilibrium theories of trade stress the role of third-country effects, little work has been done in the empirical foreign direct investment (FDI) literature to test such spatial linkages. This paper aims to provide further insights into long-run determinants of Spanish FDI by...

This study analyzes the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows on the employment and wages of low- and high-skilled employees in the manufacture and service sectors in Mexico. The study implements a quarterly panel dataset covering the 32 Mexican states from 2005 to 2018. The...

Purpose: Our study aims to investigate the technological spillover effects of Foreign Direct Investment flows to Eastern European Countries. This study has guided by new growth theories arguing that Foreign Direct Investment has a significant potential for improving the productivity growth rate...

In this empirical study we examine the correlation between the internationalization processes and financial performance of firms by focusing on the emerging market firms (EMNCs) that originate from the BRIC countries. We test the shape of the internationalization - performance curve and explore...

Durante la crisis económica actual en el conjunto de países desarrollados se ha visto un alejamiento de flujos de la inversión extranjera directa (IED), mientras que en el conjunto de países en desarrollo y en transición, se ha registrado un aumento. En este escenario y a lo largo de los...

This paper relates to the literature on pecuniary externalities from FDI. Their transmission mechanism is complex, because pecuniary externalities may cause knowledge externalities and inversely. Moreover, each type of externality, or a combination of both, may increase firm productivity. Thus,...

In Deutschland lag der Anteil auslandskontrollierter Unternehmen an den privaten Investitionen für Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) seit dem Beginn des Jahrtausends bis 2011 nahezu unverändert bei etwa einem Viertel. In den Jahren 2011 bis 2013 ist dieser Anteil leicht gesunken. Der Zuwachs in...

This paper investigates the direct impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on poverty reduction in Tanzania between 1980 and 2014. The paper attempts to answer one critical question: Does FDI reduce poverty in Tanzania? The study employs three poverty reduction proxies, namely,...

This paper investigates the impact of foreign aid and foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region, and whether diminishing returns occur in the aid-growth nexus, for the period 2000-2015, employing the Generalized Method of...

Purpose: The paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment on unemployment in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses annual data spanning from 1990 to 2020 and employed the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) estimation technique. Findings: The paper found that...