Outward direct investment by czech companies

Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Unionized Oligopoly: Some Welfare Implications∗

It is often argued, though mostly informally, that outward foreign direct investment (FDI) is a synonym for the export of employment and thus detrimental to the home economy. To see whether and under what conditions this intuition indeed holds true, we construct a model of unionized duopoly and examine welfare implications of outward FDI on the home country. It is found that the presence of dom...

Outward foreign direct investment : is it a good thing ?

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Outward Direct Investment and R&D Spillovers: the China’s case

On the Role of Distance for Outward Foreign Direct Investment

This paper focuses on the estimation of three distance-related effects on outward foreign direct investment (FDI). (i) Distance harms vertical multinationals, since they engage in trade. (ii) It makes non-trading multinationals better off than exporters. (iii) This positive effect on horizontal FDI is expected to rise with bilateral country size due to the home market effect. The use of panel d...

The uniqueness of Chinese outward foreign direct investment

This article is about China’s outward foreign direct investment, a relatively new but fast-growing feature of the global economy. It is causing concern and uncertainty in many recipient countries that, more generally, happily welcome foreign direct investment. The author explores some of the reasons why. The article examines, in particular, the state ownership and management of major Chinese co...