This paper investigates the impact of price and real exchange rate volatility on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI … volatility series are estimated through the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity model (GARCH). Our results … statistically significant negative effect of exchange rate volatility on FDI is found. Price volatility, instead, turns out to be …

developing countries and consider foreign direct investment (FDI) as a tool of exploitation. This paper tries to examine … empirically the complex relationship between democracy and FDI in a systematic way, using cross-sectional and panel data analysis …, thereby refuting the hypothesis that political repression fosters FDI. Yet this positive link does not hold for the 1970s …

order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … previously unpublished dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …

direct investment; and inbound FDI growth surpassed that of the developing world during the decade 2001 - 2010. Yet foreign … (BTA), and regionally under the regional trade agreement (RTA). Under such scenarios, this study empirically assesses FDI … determinants with a specific focus on the FDI effects of BIT, BTA, and RTA as well as of factors pertaining to institutional …

world, after the USA, in terms of stock of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Sustained GDP growth, a high rate of … paper uses Panel Least Squares method to empirically analyze the impact of industrial sector FDI on Chinese regional … inequality during 2003-2013. The resulting analysis shows the connection between FDI in industrial sectors and regional …

order to improve their chances in the worldwide competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the effectiveness … of BITs in inducing higher FDI inflows is still open to debate. It is in several ways that we attempt to clarify the … extensive dataset on bilateral FDI flows. Furthermore, we account for unilateral FDI liberalization, in order not to …

during the 1990s in an attempt to expand FDI inflows. Although the theory on the subject predicts a positive relationship … between the inflow of FDI and the conclusion of these agreements, the empirical literature is not conclusive about what … impacts TBIs have on FDI, making uncertain the effects that these agreements have had on investment decisions in the region …

empirical foreign direct investment (FDI) literature to test such spatial linkages. This paper aims to provide further insights … into long-run determinants of Spanish FDI by considering not only bilateral but also spatially weighted third …-country determinants. The few studies carried out so far have focused on FDI flows in a limited number of countries. However, Spanish FDI …

direct investment; and inbound FDI growth surpassed that of the developing world during the decade 2001 - 2010. Yet foreign … (BTA), and regionally under the regional trade agreement (RTA). Under such scenarios, this study empirically assesses FDI … determinants with a specific focus on the FDI effects of BIT, BTA, and RTA as well as of factors pertaining to institutional …