this paper investigates the key factors affecting the foreign direct investment (fdi) inflow to deve­­loping countries during the period (1995-2010) with emphasis on the financial development. financial development, as an important factor in fdi absorption and a prerequisite for utilizing the benefits of fdi, not only increases the fdi inflow in developing countries, but also improve the absorp...

technology transmission has engaged not only developing countries but also many western research communities. foreign direct investment is a commonly used method to transfer the technology. since specific studies on factors affecting the transmission of technology through foreign direct investment has not been made in nanotechnology, the purpose of this study is to identify the issues affecting...

The paper analyzes “subsidy games” between countries in order to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) from a third country. The winner of this game results from the interaction of two factors, relative country size and employment gains from FDI: a large (or “central”) country is more likely to attract FDI, and so is a country with high unemployment. The subsidy equilibrium is compared with t...

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using firm-level panel data for korean mnes, we make a distinction between being the only affiliate of a parent firm and being the one of the multiple affiliates of a parent firm. comparisons of correlations between purchases and sales of each group of the foreign affiliates show distinctive difference in the motivations of fdi and the multinational activities, due to the difference in the numb...

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Stylized evidence indicates that democracies and autocracies both expropriate foreign direct investment but that democracies do so less frequently. What explains the similarities and differences in expropriation between regime types? An analysis of actual expropriation acts in 63 developing countries from 1960 to 1990 shows that democracies are most likely to expropriate foreign investment when...

We use a new firm level data set which establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries—close to a comprehensive picture of global multinational activity—. A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs between rich countries. The share of vertical FDI (subsidiaries which provide inputs to their parent firms) is larg...

Foreign direct investment plays an important role in the economic development of the country. It helps in transferring of financial resources, technology and innovative and improved management techniques along with raising productivity. An Indian company may receive Foreign Direct Investment either through automatic route or government route. The paper tries to study the need of FDI in India, t...