methods. The empirical results suggest that there is no reason to believe multinationals' activities were responsible for a …

developing country fosters this effect. -- Multinationals ; FDI ; Terms of Trade ; Prebisch-Singer hypothesis …

methods. The empirical results suggest that there is no reason to believe multinationals' activities were responsible for a … structurally influencing terms of trade and thus provides fruitful directions for future research. -- terms of trade ; FDI … ; multinationals ; Prebisch Singer hypothesis …

In this paper, we address in more detail the question raised in Wacker (2011b): why does foreign direct investment (FDI … concerning the relationship of FDI and terms of trade in the development context. From here, we argue that South and East Asia … have largely pursued different world market integration strategies that have been fostered by different types of FDI: While …

The existing literature has highlighted the positive effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on export upgrading and … associated terms of trade in developing economies. However, the FDI effect has been found to be negative in South Asia. In this … FDI and terms of trade. We argue that education levels in South Asia have lagged behind those in East Asia and other …

-oriented foreign direct investment (FDI). The effects of these policies on the external accounts have been largely ignored. This paper … endogenizes FDI inflows in a structuralist general equilibrium framework to contribute towards filling this gap. Our economy …. The analysis finds that, contrary to widely-shared perceptions, the short-run effects of FDI-friendly policies on the …

technology transfer, technology transfer via licensing and foreign direct investment (FDI) on the North–South terms of trade and …. Licensing or FDI allows the North to further extract surplus from the South. However, we cast doubt on Kojima–Ozawa propositions … advantage and production efficiency, its welfare gain depends on how much it needs to pay to the North via licensing or FDI. In …