Cross-country regressions suggest that urbanization and FDI are important drivers of growth. However, it is not clear … for the sample of OECD countries. -- Growth ; foreign investment ; cities ; urbanization ; primacy ; spatial lags …

In light of the United Nations' (UN) latest urbanization projections, par- ticularly with respect to India and the … People's Republic of China, a good understanding is needed of what drives aggregate urbanization trends. Yet, previous … Urbanization Prospects, we use an instrumental variables approach to identify and analyze key urbanization determinants. We …