Is there a pecking order of cross-border investment in that countries become financially integrated primarily through some types of investment rather than others? Using a novel database of bilateral capital stocks for all types of investment – FDI, portfolio equity securities, debt securities...

The role of regional integration agreements as a determinant of the location of FDI has become an increasingly relevant issue for emerging economies. In Latin America, the largest effects are likely to be associated with the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). In this regard, there are a...

Más del 70 por ciento del producto interno bruto (PIB) en América Latina lo producen las grandes empresas, mientras que en las economías desarrolladas de la OCDE la participación de las grandes empresas en el PIB es de apenas el 40 por ciento. En materia de internacionalización, la...