This paper explores the possibility that monitoring resources explain the clustering in space of aggregate FDI from the same source country. Theoretically, the paper shows that independently of any institutional incentive setting, costly monitoring incites headquarters to locate new plants where...

Modeling spatial interaction among contiguous host countries receiving foreign di- rect investment from the same source country is usually conceived as reflection of market seeking behaviors or cost saving strategies of firms executing location arbitrage. This paper approaches the contiguity in...

Does inward foreign direct investment (FDI) promote economic growth in China? This study extends the previous studies on the issue by assessing empirically to what extent FDI inflows have contributed to China’s outstanding performance of income growth in the period 1986-97. A model of...

This paper analyzes the location choice determinants of French first-time investments in Europe, North America and North Africa. Firm locations are examined on two geographical scales, the national and regional level. The final sample comprises 307 location decisions in 27 countries and across...

This paper contributes an estimation framework to measure both technological and linkage externalities from foreign direct investment (FDI). Empirical research dealt mainly with intra-industry spillovers from FDI with restrictive treatment of inter-industry effects until recently. However, as...

This paper examines the locational determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in manufacturing activities in the regions of Spain, with particular attention to agglomeration factors, and the effect of these determinants on three separate industries. The analysis reveals that agglomeration...

This paper analyzes the importance of taxes on corporate income and production-related tangible infrastructure as determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Central- and Eastern European Countries (CEECs). We operationalize taxes using effective average tax rates on the bilateral level...

This paper studies the effect of technology spillovers on the entry decision of a multinational enterprise into a foreign market. Two alternative entry modes for a foreign direct investment are considered: Greenfield investment versus acquisition. We find that with quantity competition a...

This paper examines the production strategies of an international firm. We show that foreign direct investment acts as a signal to overcome an asymmetric information problem in the host-country. We find that a host-country will prefer a situation where a technologically superior (inferior) firm...

Analysing the evolution and determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this paper argues that sound economic policies have created an environment conducive for FDI. Overall, FDI has contributed to economic growth in the Baltic economies, having financed...