Instruments of risk mitigation play an important role in managing country risk within the foreign direct investment … of risk mitigation. We show that country risk assessments related to foreign direct investment do not matter if the … purposes (ISDA 2008). -- state-dependency ; country risk ; foreign direct investment ; hedging …

We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between … mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") and "greenfield" investment. A simple model captures the key difference between the two … types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly represent a rent accruing to previous owners, and do not necessarily …

Both the outward direct investment (ODI) from emerging market economies and industrial upgrading are new topics in …

investment (OFDI) from emerging economies to industrialised countries. Whereas investment in less developed countries is often …

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in services has grown significantly in recent years. Evidence of spatial relationships … complex vertical motivations. -- foreign direct investment ; services ; spatial econometric techniques …

also corroborates theoretical results establishing the fact that foreign direct investment activities are driven by firm … specific advantages and a superior productivity performance in the pre-investment period. Thus, firms that start foreign …