This research paper studies the likely effect of financial development on inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in … empirically established FDI determining factors such as market size, development level, trade liberalisation, macroeconomic … panel estimation method the findings of the study suggests that financial development is a robust predictor of FDI inflows …

Some theories on the determinants and the impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) are reviewed and critically … some US macroeconomic variables on their FDI inflows. The second analyzes the relationship between FDI inflows and outflows … location of FDI inflows shows the central role played by the expectations about the future growth rate of the US economy. The …

In this study we construct an alternative analytical framework aimed at investigating the nexus between FDI inflow and … a technological spillover from FDI has positive effect on the total factor productivity of the host economy. To … analytical model and empirical results of some of the recent studies, show that FDI inflow has negative short-term effects and …

This study examines the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) using a panel of bilateral outward FDI stocks … on FDI in Turkey. In addition, the prospect of European Union membership, government stability, infrastructure, bilateral … exchange rate, exchange rate volatility and openness to trade play an important role in determining the amount of FDI in Turkey …

The channel through which the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) contribute to economic progress of the host … paper is based on the following research question: what are the firm-level direct impact and indirect effects of FDI in …-industrial spill-overs from FDI by applying a Panel framework with Levinsohn-Petrin approach. The study envelops a rich firm …

FDI to four developing nations from South Asia, which are, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Owing to the long … analysis, random effect panel method is exploited for aggregate FDI inflows in the host countries from 1985 to 2008. It is …

In the present study, we examine foreign direct investment (FDI)- induced productivity spillovers across 60 Vietnamese … the roles of human capital in the FDI–TFP nexus, we find absorptive capacity, as measured by human capital, to be a key …

We analyse the evolution of German Trade and FDI activity within the EU27 using a simultaneous equation gravity … approach for imports, exports, in- and outward FDI stocks based on German regional data (NUTS1-level) for 1993-2005. Our … approach seeks to explore the main long-run driving forces of both trade/FDI and identify the likely linkages among them. Our …

The paper develops a new stand-alone structural gravity model for explaining bilateral FDI patterns. We employ the … model to analyse the impact of preferential trade agreements (PTAs), bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and other policies … on bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI). We use the UNCTAD global database on bilateral FDI stocks and flows. To …

The present paper investigates the link between the shadow economy and FDI using the Granger panel causality test. For … that purpose we use the shadow economy and FDI data for 145 countries of five data points 1999/2000, 2001/2002, 2002 …/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005. The system GMM estimation results show that FDI causes the shadow economy and vice versa. The …