FDI in agriculture in developing countries is very small. It is not among priorities of most developing countries as regards FDI promotion and attraction. It is also not facilitated by often unresolved regulatory issues concerning access of investors to arable land. In addition, there a fewer...

International tourism is one of the largest export industries in a great number of developed and developing countries. In many of the latter it is the main source of foreign exchange revenues. The tourism literature tends to ascribe to transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct...

The chapter summarizes 40 years of UNCTAD's research and policy analysis on the relationship between FDI and TNC activities and development. While during that period pros and cons of development strategies relying on inward FDI have oscillated in response to events in the world, it is now widely...

Spanish Abstract: En el presente artículo se plantea como objetivo la caracterización de las empresas transnacionales (ETN), su importancia a escala global y su impacto en los países en desarrollo. Para ello se sistematiza la información relacionada con el tema, teniendo en cuenta su...

This paper examines whether and, if so, why source country heterogeneity exists in foreign direct investment (FDI). Using detailed data on all Swedish firms for the period from 1996 to 2009, we find statistical evidence that affiliate performance differs systematically across source countries....

This paper studies the effect of FDI firms' financial advantages on firm productivity in host countries and examines the related policy implications. If FDI firms face lower financing costs but have higher fixed production costs than local firms, a simple Melitz-type model predicts that because...

This article reviews the impact of intellectual property (IP) protection on foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in developing countries. Applying different panel data techniques to a newly-created comprehensive FDI/IP dataset of 31 Swiss MNEs investing into 53...

This paper models a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI) as a coordination device. Multinational enterprises can invest in any number of countries. Without a multilateral investment agreement, expropriation triggers an investment stop by the single MNE. Under a multilateral agreement,...

The objective of this study is to assess governance drivers of FDI in a panel of BRICS and MINT countries for the period 2001-2011. We bundle and unbundle governance determinants using a battery of contemporary and non-contemporary estimation techniques. Our findings reveal the following:...

Previously reported effects of institutional quality and political risks on foreign direct investment (FDI) are mixed and, therefore, difficult to interpret. We present empirical evidence suggesting a relatively clear, statistically robust, and intuitive characterization. Institutional factors...