I present a new stylized fact from a large sample of countries for the period 2000-2006: bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are almost never observed in the absence of bilateral trade flows. I document a similar pattern using bilateral foreign affiliate sales (FAS), aggregating them...

This paper examines the extent to which foreign direct investment (FDI) affects child labor. Using 1995 data for 145 countries, we find that, contrary to common fears, FDI is negatively correlated with child labor. This effect, however, disappears when controlling for per capita income. After...

We investigate the impact of Chinese activities in sub-Saharan African countries with respect to the growth performance of economies in that region. Using a Solow-type growth model and panel data for the period 1991 to 2011, we find that African economies that export natural resources have...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the linkage between FDI and trade in the case of Vietnam. To investigate this issue, firstly, we attempt to find out the causality relationship between FDI and trade of Vietnam, including exports and imports. Secondly, we try to find out the determinants...

The impact of foreign collaborations or international technology transfers in developing host countries has been a major bone of contention. Literature on this subject has varied views and the role of MNCs in and the sharing of the net benefits between the technology givers and technology takers...

Trade and investment are considered as the crucial determining factors of economic growth, especially in developing countries. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has recently become more crucial especially in developing countries which strive for the modernization of their industries and support...

Economic integration is evolving rapidly in East Asia, driven by a multitude of factors. The most important of these has been the entrenchment of China in the global division of labour and its increasingly important role as an independent engine of growth in the global economy. Business-led East...

The article is a modest attempt to empirically examine the short-run causal nexus between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and foreign trade in India with selected trade partners using the Toda-Yamamoto non-Granger Causality approach. This analysis provides mixed results. With the selected trade...

Cointegration technique and error correction model was employed to examine the longrun causal nexus between foreign direct investment and foreign trade (imports and exports) in India. The data bases were on monthly basis and it covered from July 1992 to October 2003. By and large, the analysis...

Hsiao's sequential approach based on the concept of Granger causality and Akaike's Final Prediction Error criterion was employed to examine the short-run causal nexus between foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign trade (imports and exports) in India. The data base were on monthly basis and...