We empirically investigate the factors that drive the uneven regional distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI … variables and derive four FDI determinants: ‘institutional quality,' ‘labour costs,' ‘market size,' and ‘geography.' Applying … FDI in China …

This paper studies the location pattern of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Mexico for the period 1994-2004. An … empirical model is specified based on recent FDI theories. This model is estimated using state-level data and employing spatial … attract FDI. Results also suggest a relationship of complementarity between inbound FDI to the host state and inward FDI to …

world, after the USA, in terms of stock of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Sustained GDP growth, a high rate of … paper uses Panel Least Squares method to empirically analyze the impact of industrial sector FDI on Chinese regional … inequality during 2003-2013. The resulting analysis shows the connection between FDI in industrial sectors and regional …

The focus of our contribution is to shed light on the importance of firm agglomerations and FDI as drivers of firm … behavior with respect to external economies (correcting for the endogeneity of the FDI variables and for sample selection … these agglomeration economies differ substantially between Italian firms and firm which invest in active or passive FDI. We …