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Economic and political determinants of foreign direct investment
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In this paper, four models explaining the flow of foreign direct investment in 80 less developed countries are econometrically estimated and compared by ex post forecasts, and a politico-economic model which simultaneously includes economic and political determinants performs best.About:
This article is published in World Development.The article was published on 1985-02-01. It has received 1097 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Foreign direct investment & Foreign portfolio investment.read more
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The institutional environment for multinational investment
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of political hazards on the choice of market entry mode varies across multinational firms based on the extent to which they face expropriation hazards from their potential joint-venture partners in the host country (the level of contractual hazards).
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On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different?
TL;DR: This article explored whether factors that affect Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in developing countries affect countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) differently and found that the marginal benefit from increased openness is less for SSA.
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Political Risk, Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment
Matthias Busse,Carsten Hefeker +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the linkages between political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment inflows using different econometric techniques for a data sample of 83 developing countries and the period 1984 to 2003, identifying those indicators that matter most for the activities of multinational corporations.
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Political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment
Matthias Busse,Carsten Hefeker +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the linkages among political risk, institutions, and foreign direct investment inflows for 83 developing countries covering 1984 to 2003 and identify indicators that matter most for the activities of multinational corporations.
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Human Capital and FDI Inflows to Developing Countries: New Empirical Evidence
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate this argument in the light of the evolution in the structural characteristics of FDI and empirically test the hypothesis that the level of human capital in host countries may affect the geographical distribution of the FDI inflows.
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Explaining the international direct investment position of countries: Towards a dynamic or developmental approach
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the notion that a country's international direct investment position, and changes in that position, may be usefully explained by the eclectic theory of international production, using data on the direct investment flows (or changes in the direct capital stock) of some 67 countries, over the period 1967-78, and suggest that there is a systematic relationship between the determinants of those flows and the stage and structure of a country’s economic development.
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The determinants of international production
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of the reasons why firms invest overseas, where they locate their foreign operations, and what determines the amount and composition of international production, with sectoral, national, or cosmopolitan interests in mind.
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Determinants of foreign direct investment: A survey
TL;DR: This paper made an attempt to survey the literature on the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI), focusing on the main currents of thought rather than on coverage of all the publications, and this survey is selective also in the sense that the marxist and dependencia schools of thought are not covered here.
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Empirical Determinants of Manufacturing Direct Foreign Investment in Developing Countries
Franklin R. Root,Ahmed A. Ahmed +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the empirical determinants of direct foreign-investment flows in the manufacturing sectors of developing countries and select from the many economic, social, and political features of a developing country those features that are critical to making that country attractive or unattractive to private foreign investors.
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The US Aid Relationship: A Test of the Recipient Need and the Donor Interest Models
R. D. McKinley,R. Little +1 more
TL;DR: The transfer of official bilateral economic aid has become an institutionalized dimension of the relationship between high- and low-income countries as discussed by the authors, and there is considerable confusion about the transfer process.