The effect of outward foreign direct investment on domestic investments in developing countries

An Examination Of Economic Liberalization Impact On Foreign Direct Investment In Selected Developing Countries

Effect of Quality of Institutions on Outward Foreign Direct Investment

In this paper we study the effect of quality of institutions in the OECD and Asian host countries on outward foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks of source OECD countries using International Country Risk Guide governance indicators, for the period 1991 to 2001. We find that better institutions in the host countries have an overall positive and significant effect on source countries outward FD...

Developing Asia’s Sovereign Wealth Funds and Outward Foreign Direct Investment

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have emerged in developing Asia as a policy response to an unprecedented accumulation of foreign exchange (FX) reserves since 2000. At the same time, developing countries have become an increasingly important source of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The central objective of this paper is to evaluate the prospects for SWFs to serve as a major conduit for t...

The Ranking Of The OIC Member Countries Based On Factors Influencing Their Inward Foreign Direct Investments

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...