The theoretical literature has discussed different channels through which foreign direct investments (FDI) promote host … country's economic growth, but empirical analyses have so far been inconclusive. In this paper we provide evidence that FDI … FDI not only contribute to physical capital accumulation, but also generate positive technological spillovers. The policy …

The theoretical literature has discussed different channels through which foreign direct investments (FDI) promote host … country's economic growth, but empirical analyses have so far been inconclusive. In this paper we provide evidence that FDI … capital accumulation. FDI not only contribute to physical capital accumulation, but also generate positive technological …

The theoretical literature has discussed different channels through which foreign direct investments (FDI) promote host … country’s economic growth, but empirical analyses have so far been inconclusive. In this paper we provide evidence that FDI … capital accumulation. FDI not only contribute to physical capital accumulation, but also generate positive technological …

The relationship between financial development and poverty is one that has not been extensively explored in the … infant mortality as a proxy indicator of poverty, the results show that the relationship between financial development and … poverty. The result is important since it already controls for the effect that economic growth has on poverty reduction, given …

This paper investigates the effect of firm-level investment on the levels of income inequality and poverty. Using a …-level investment is also negatively related to several measures of poverty. Overall, our results indicate that firm-level capital … reducing inequality and poverty. Our results may also be beneficial to policy makers as they consider a variety of regulatory …

investment (FDI) on cross-country differences in productivity. We construct a spatial Gini coefficient of labor productivity … across countries, and weighted indices of FDI and gross domestic investment (GDI). We then examine their time series … properties to explore the relations of FDI and GDI with productivity. Although we find little evidence of FDI flows - which have …

. The results of our multivariate time series analysis also suggest that FDI increases productivity differences among low … of trade appears to be important for attracting FDI to middle income countries. Furthermore, a reduction in productivity … differences and a higher FDI growth lead to higher growth of trade in developed countries …