This study employs state-level panel data to explore the relationship between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and income inequality in the United States. Using panel cointegration techniques that allow for cross-sectional heterogeneity, cross-sectional dependence, and endogenous...

Introduction -- International sale of goods -- The sales contract -- Letters of credit -- Non-establishment forms of international business : agency and distributorships, technology transfer, contract manufacturing, and franchising -- Foreign direct investment -- Protecting intellectual property...