The effects of bilateral tax treaties on FDI activity have been unexplored, despite significant ongoing activities by ….S. inbound and outbound FDI over the period 1966-1992. Robust to a wide variety of alternative specifications, we find no … evidence that bilateral tax treaties increase FDI activity, contrary to OECD-stated goals for such treaties. In fact, our …

many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting that attracting inflows of FDI offers potential for upgrading a … sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … over the period 1984-2000. The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit values of exports in …

The effects of bilateral tax treaties on FDI activity have been unexplored, despite significant ongoing activities by ….S. inbound and outbound FDI over the period 1966-1992. Robust to a wide variety of alternative specifications, we find no … evidence that bilateral tax treaties increase FDI activity, contrary to OECD-stated goals for such treaties. In fact, our …

There are a number of theoretical reasons why FDI into a host country may depend on the FDI in proximate countries …. Such spatial interdependence has been largely ignored by the empirical FDI literature with only a couple recent papers … FDI models using data on US outbound FDI activity. We find that estimated relationships of traditional determinants of FDI …

The effects of bilateral tax treaties on FDI activity have been unexplored, despite significant ongoing activities by ….S. inbound and outbound FDI over the period 1966-1992. Our estimates suggest a statistically significant average annual increase … of FDI activity for each additional year of a treaty which ranges from 2% to 8%, depending on the FDI activity measure …

This paper surveys the recent burgeoning literature that empirically examines the foreign direct investment (FDI …) decisions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the resulting aggregate location of FDI across the world. The contribution of … the paper is to evaluate what we can say with relative confidence about FDI as a profession, given the evidence, and what …

Empirical studies of bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI) activity show substantial differences in specifications … from a large set of candidates those variables most likely to be determinants of FDI activity. The variables with …

Empirical studies of bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI) activity show substantial differences in specifications … that allow one to select from a large set of candidates those variables most likely to be determinants of FDI activity. The …