types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly represent a rent accruing to previous owners, and do not necessarily … contribute to expanding the host country's capital stock. The model suggests that greenfield FDI has a stronger impact on growth … than M&A sales. This hypothesis is supported by our empirical results, which show that greenfield FDI enhances growth …

We quantify the relationships between deep trade liberalization and foreign direct investment (FDI). To this end, we … to (i) estimate the direct impact of DTAs on FDI, (ii) translate the partial DTA estimates into general equilibrium … effects on FDI; and (iii) obtain partial DTA effects on trade and quantify the impact of DTAs on FDI through trade. We obtain …

economic growth. The Aid for Trade Initiative – launched at the 2005 World Trade Organisation conference in Hong Kong – aims at … helping these countries to take advantage of trade opportunities and to reap the benefits of their integration into the world …

accession that fails to incorporate FDI in services and endogenous productivity effects from additional services would yield an …In this chapter I explain an innovative modeling approach that incorporates services, foreign direct investment (FDI …) and endogenous productivity effects from services. I begin with a small stylized model to help understand the fundamental …

This research work evaluates the proposition that trade liberalisation is instrumental in pulling FDI inflows to … level and human capital, considered essential by foreign investors, also have a significant positive effect on incoming FDI … and investment liberalisation and consequentially has a positive impact on FDI inflows to these nations. Among trade …