This study empirically examines how the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted foreign direct investment (FDI …), using the quarterly data on bilateral FDI flows from 173 home to 192 host countries from the first quarter of 2019 to the … FDI flows via two different entry modes—greenfield FDI and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A). We find …

-financial firms’ international acquisitions. Controlling for traditional firm- and target-country-specific FDI determinants within an …-border investment. We conclude that without explicit consideration of the financial dimension, firms’ FDI decisions cannot be properly … understood. -- FDI ; OLI ; cross-border acquisitions ; cost of capital ; financial strategy ; financial variables …

%. -- investment ; capital ; research and development ; FDI …

We empirically analyse the determinants of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in Egypt employing a novel panel … dataset of 26 Egyptian governorates for the period 1992 - 2008. Using the case of Arab FDI to Egypt, we also investigate … whether FDI location determinants are different depending on similarity of culture and language between FDI source and host …

This paper describes the main characteristics of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Egypt using an unpublished dataset … for FDI in 27 Egyptian governorates covering the period 1972 - 2009. Special attention is given to the geographical … distribution of FDI, both as an aggregate and at the sectoral level. The paper is the first article of a larger empirical project …

investment (FDI) cannot be gauged using firm-level data. Aggregated data, in turn, miss channels through which domestic and … investment. We theoretically show that the effects of FDI on the domestic capital stock depend on the structure of industries and … inter-sector linkage effects. We test the model using data on German FDI. Using panel cointegration methods, we find …

pursue foreign direct investment (FDI) opportunities on a global basis, countries compete to attract these flows. Investment … countries. Recent studies suggest that corruption negatively impacts on FDI and may act as a disincentive to investment. By … using information for 97 countries, concerning inward FDI performance and perceived level of corruption, this paper intends …