Foreign Direct Investment and Labor Rights: A Panel Analysis of Bilateral FDI Flows

The paper analyses the impact of fundamental labor rights on bilateral FDI flows to 82 developing countries. The results indicate that investments by multinationals are significantly higher in countries that adhere to labor rights, thereby refuting the hypothesis that repression of these rights fosters FDI.

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Year of publication:	2010-04
Authors:	Busse, Matthias ; Nunnenkamp, Peter ; Spatareanu, Mariana
Institutions:	Department of Economics, Rutgers University-Newark
Subject:	FDI \| Labor Rights \| Developing Countries

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers Rutgers University, Newark.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	8 pages
Classification:	F21 - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements ; F23 - Multinational Firms; International Business ; J50 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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