rates of FDI as well as domestic capital formation. This ""investment hunger"" can lead to unanticipated declines in the …

Over the past decade, South Africa has attracted relatively little foreign direct investment (FDI), but considerable … further trade and capital control liberalization would increase the share of FDI. Additionally, a reduction in exchange rate … volatility would affect the composition of capital flows in favor of FDI …

We develop a simple information-based model of FDI flows. On the one hand, the abundance of ""intangible"" capital in … countries, enhances FDI flows. On the other hand, host-country corporate-transparency diminishes the value of this expertise …, thereby reducing the flow of FDI. Empirical evidence (from a sample of 9 source countries and 13 host countries over the 1980s …

This paper examines the role financial markets play in the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and … markets allow agents to take advantage of knowledge spillovers from FDI, magnifying the output effects of FDI. Empirically, we … show that well-developed financial markets allow significant gains from FDI, while FDI alone plays an ambiguous role in …

What accounts for variations in FDI flows from advanced to developing countries? How have FDI inflows explained cross … drivers of FDI outflows to low-income countries in the pre-crisis period; (ii) economic fundamentals, the strength of economic … reforms, and commitment to macroeconomic discipline are crucial determinants of the growth dividends of FDI. Our paper …

Using a dataset which breaks down FDI flows into primary, secondary and tertiary sector investments and a GMM dynamic …/qualitative determinants of FDI in a sample of emerging market and developed economies. While FDI flows into the primary sector show little …

China's increasing openness to foreign direct investment (FDI) has contributed importantly to its exceptional growth … performance. This paper examines China's experience with FDI and identifies some lessons for other countries. Most of the factors … explaining China's success have also been important in attracting FDI to other countries: market size, labor costs, quality of …

In view of disappointing levels of inward foreign direct investment (FDI), this paper examines capital flows into the … projects, large privatization transactions, and debt/equity swaps to pay for energy supplies. Low FDI inflows despite …