can protect their technology by exporting or risk spillovers by undertaking FDI to avoid tariffs. A stringent IPR regime … is always optimal for the South as it triggers technology transfer by inducing FDI in less R&D-intensive industries and …

jurisdictions and; second, for the first time in history Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in developing countries reached a half of … Securities Exchange Commissions (IOSCO) ratified International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in 2002, FDI inflows started … IFRS in 2005, FDI inflows has doubled and reached its peak in 2007 at more than $2 trillion. The global trade also …

Does investment liberalization in developing economies affect FDI decisions differently across individual firms? To …

The theoretical literature has discussed different channels through which foreign direct investments (FDI) promote host … country’s economic growth, but empirical analyses have so far been inconclusive. In this paper we provide evidence that FDI … capital accumulation. FDI not only contribute to physical capital accumulation, but also generate positive technological …

This paper examines the effect of regime type on FDI flows to developing countries. Existing research has been … no clear relationship between regime type and FDI. This paper argues that the link between regime type and FDI operates … different types of FDI. Statistical analysis of industry-level FDI flows to 44 developing countries between 1993 and 2003 shows …