rates of FDI as well as domestic capital formation. This "investment hunger" can lead to unanticipated declines in the … returns to investment, and resulting financial insolvencies. Private consumption remains low and there are concerns that high …

The recent wave of foreign investment in China's banks and the prospects of further opening of the banking sector under …

the benefits in terms of increased foreign direct investment. The costs are very large, while the benefits appear to be … marginal at best. Forgone tax revenues range between 9½ and 16 percent of GDP per year, whereas total foreign direct investment …

main form of private inflows was foreign direct investment. Portfolio investment was volatile and concentrated in a handful … of countries. Regressions show that direct investment can be well explained in terms of economic fundamentals, whereas … seem to have had a robust effect on portfolio investment. …

destined for natural resource industries, over time, investment has been spreading to agriculture, manufacturing, and service … investment. As a result, while it is difficult to estimate accurately the growth impact of BRIC FDI, there is case study evidence … that it is increasingly significant. Second, while initial investment, mostly by state-owned companies, has often been …

This paper summarizes recent arguments/findings on two aspects of foreign direct investment (FDI): its correlation with … importance of fiscal incentives, the business/investment climate, labor costs, and openness. …