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Natural Disasters, FDI and Intra-National Spillovers : Evidence from India

Toner-Rodgers, Aidan - 2020

This paper examines the effects of natural disasters on FDI, considering the case of India. Our analysis evidences … persistent investment reductions in affected regions following a disaster as well as lasting positive investment spillovers into … unaffected Indian regions. We show that these intra-national shifts in multinational firms' investment patterns are non …

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An FDI is an FDI is an FDI? : the growth effects of greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions in developing countries

Harms, Philipp; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2011 - This version: November 15, 2011

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 …

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Foreign direct investment, financial markets and growth dynamics in MENA oil producing countries : a panel investigation

Onwuka, Kevin O.; Chaiechi, Taha - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 2 (2013) 2, pp. 135-159

The objective of this paper is to examine whether foreign direct investments (FDI) in extractive sector enhances growth, using data from seven MENA oil producing countries; namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Iran over the period 1980 to 2004. We employ...

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FDI and Growth : What Cross-Country Industry Data Say

Cipollina, Maria - 2012

investment in capital intensive and technologically advanced sectors is at the heart of the debate …

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FDI and Growth : What Cross-Country Industry Data Say

Cipollina, Maria - 2011

countries, where the growth enhancing promotion of foreign investment in capital intensive and technologically advanced sectors …

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Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Markets and Growth Dynamics in MENA Oil Producing Countries : A Panel Investigation

Onwuka, Kevin Gobri - 2014

The growth has been linked to foreign direct investment inflows. This paper examines whether FDI in extractive sector …

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Growth Effect of FDI in Developing Economies : The Role of Institutional Quality

Jude, Cristina - 2015

This paper investigates the effect of FDI on economic growth conditional on the institutional quality of host countries. We first develop several theoretical arguments to show that institutional heterogeneity may be an explanation for the mixed results of previous empirical studies. Second,...

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Growth E ffect of FDI in Developing Economies : The Role of Institutional Quality

Jude, Cristina - 2015

This paper investigates the effect of FDI on economic growth conditional on the institutional quality of host countries. As we consider institutional heterogeneity to be an explanation for the mixed results of previous empirical studies, we develop several arguments to show that institutional...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033984

FDI and Growth : What Cross-Country Industry Data Say

Cipollina, Maria; Giovannetti, Giorgia; Pietrovito, Filomena - 2011

countries, where the growth enhancing promotion of foreign investment in capital intensive and technologically advanced sectors …

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Are Net FDI Flows and Reversals of Capital Flows a Result of Output Growth?

Aharonovitz, Gilad D.; Miller, James - 2009

Literature notes many factors as affecting capital flows, but the effects of these flows over the recipient economies and the overall effect over growth are highly debatable. This study claims that although capital flows may be required for the increase in output, other forces are causing this...

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