This paper explores and analyzes U.S. government support for foreign investors, especially major oil companies. Throughout the 20th Century the US government has repeatedly used its international political influence to benefit US corporate activities abroad. The US government and others assumed...

This paper investigates the effects of agglomeration economies and state-level promotion policies on the location of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States between 1977 and 1996. Specifically, it analyzes the level of foreign-owned real gross property, plant, and equipment (PPE)...