The purpose of the paper is to examine the impact of property rights on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Zimbabwe for the period 1964-2005. While the macroeconomic determinants of FDI have been analysed to a considerable extent in past empirical work, the role of institutional factors such as...

This paper investigates the causal relationship between FDI, GDP and the Euro/Hungarian Forint exchange rate in Hungary during the 1995-2012 period. Although the question has great significance from an economic policy standpoint, there has been little to no empirical analysis undertaken so far...

We analyze foreign direct investment (FDI) from two theoretical perspectives: the traditional economic perspective and the more recent institutional perspective. By combining a theoretical analysis with empirical tests, we are able to explore the explanatory power of both economic and...

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本稿の目的は，ロシアにおける外国直接投資(FDI)の地域分散に関連する先行研究のインプリケーションを踏まえつつ，1996～2003 年のパネルデータを用いたFDI...

The boom of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in East Asia since the mid-1980s and the recent Asian financial crisis raise the critical question of how FDI affects host economies. While there is considerable evidence on the link between FDI and economic growth, the causality between the two...

From the 32nd in _978 to the 3rd largest exporting country in the world in 2004, China’s export boom was accompanied by substantial inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the same period. exports by foreign-invested enterprises in 2004 were $339 billion, comprising 57% of China’s...

The general aim of this work is to contribute to the discussion of the globalization process in the international automobile industry. It must be pointed out, however, that it has an exploratory character. Specifically, we will approach 1) the general basic characteristics of the globalization...

Barro and Sala-I-Martin empirical framework of neoclassical Solow-Swan model is specified to determine the FDI impact on per capita growth in 74 Russian regions during period of 1996-2003. The Arellano-Bond GMM-DIFF methodology, developed for dynamic panel data models, is used in estimations....

China has emerged as one of the world's leading recipients of foreign direct investment (FDI). Meanwhile, the successful transition experience of many Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) also enables them to attract an increasing share of global foreign investment, particularly from...