Gravity factors explain a large part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in transition economies, including in … regime. This paper focuses on non-privatization FDI—a novelty in the literature—and finds evidence of nonlinearities, with … the impact of policies on FDI changing above a certain level of income. It also develops the concept of potential FDI for …

The amount of FDI inflows and the foreign investors' perception of the business environment in Romania underwent a … country of origin of FDI in Romania, reinvested and repatriated profits, the impact on trade balance, as well as the FDI … contribution index and inward FDI attraction index. Starting from a brief overview of FDI inflows in Romania, the paper highlights …

global patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). Compared to previous studies, we use bilateral FDI positions with a much … suggested by theories on FDI determinants. We find the gravity model to achieve the best theory-consistent out …-of-sample prediction, particularly when parameter heterogeneity of South and North FDI is allowed for. Controlling for surrounding market …

While the recent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) to African countries is a welcome development, the … the impact of FDI on development is through its effects on domestic factor markets, especially domestic investment and … employment. In this context, this study analyses the two-way linkages between FDI and domestic investment in Sub-Saharan Africa …

. We find a generally positive but weak effect of FDI on productivity growth. Meanwhile, the results do not support the …

We use a modified gravity model to estimate the relationship between trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the … inward FDI. Distance (reflecting remoteness and transport costs) and political instability are confirmed to be significant … determinants of FDI to SADC. We discern differences in the patterns and determinants of FDI to SADC, whether it is from the USA and …

types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly represent a rent accruing to previous owners, and do not necessarily … contribute to expanding the host country's capital stock. The model suggests that greenfield FDI has a stronger impact on growth … than M&A sales. This hypothesis is supported by our empirical results, which show that greenfield FDI enhances growth …

Federation, including outward foreign direct investment (FDI). It notes the multiplicity of interests such policies have to … consequences for Russia are mostly negative, both in general terms, and concerning the interests of Russian outward FDI. In the …

global patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). Compared to previous studies, we use bilateral FDI positions with a much … suggested by theories on FDI determinants. We find the gravity model to achieve the best theory-consistent out …-of-sample prediction, particularly when parameter heterogeneity of South and North FDI is allowed for. Controlling for surrounding market …