This paper presents summary information on U.S.-located MNEs that engage in both R&D and international trade in selected innovation-related services (charges for IP and R&D services), based on a microdata link of several U.S. economic and R&D surveys. Aggregate linked data suggest that MNEs that...

This paper presents estimates of the carbon emissions of FDI from capital formation funded by FDI and the production of foreign-controlled firms. The carbon intensity of capital formation financed by FDI has trended down, driven by reductions in the carbon intensity of electricity generation....

FDI plays a central role in managing global production networks, but FDI statistics also reflect other factors, including tax avoidance, that make it difficult to differentiate between FDI for “long-term” investments that serves as a source of growth and FDI that is purely financial and has...