This paper analyzes the location of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, making special use of GIS to analyze the multi-scalar spatial-temporal distribution of FDI. The paper uses spatial statistics including Moran’s I index, Getis and Ord’s G statistics, and retrospective analysis, to detect spatial and temporal clusters. The paper also employs Geographically Weighted Regressions (GWR) to...

This paper examines the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Iran by applying the structural equation modelling (SEM). Using the annual time series data for the 1991-2006 period, two models were developed. In the first model the correlation between 12 determining factors and FDI in Iran were analyzed and in the second model the 12 factors were fit into five categories of determina...

Migrant networks are an important catalyst for promoting FDI flows between countries. Migrants also send increasingly large remittances to their home countries. This paper considers how these two capital flows are related, specifically examining how remittance flows respond to the amount of FDI inflows to a country. Using a panel of 118 countries over 1980-2010, we estimate a random effects mod...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) brings host countries capital, productive facilities, and technology transfers, as well as new jobs and management expertise. Thus, it is important to understand the basic reasons for FDI inflow and make clear what gains from FDI are. In the present paper, based on theoretical findings we formulate clear message stating that inflow of FDI does not need to be expl...

This article analyzes the location determinants of foreign direct investment in services, both theoretically and empirically. It hypothesizes four sets of factors as the location determinants of FDI in services based on the standard theory of FDI. The generalized investment theory on China’s foreign direct investment is tested empirically utilizing panel data for 17 provinces and cities from 20...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a vital mechanism in modern economic development. In many transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe FDI is particularly seen as the main source of catching-up with more developed countries of European Union. This paper contributes to the methodology of evaluating the impact of FDI on the host country by taking into account the impact of FDI both on te...

This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth by focusing on the complementarities between FDI inflows and financial markets. In our earlier work, we find that FDI is beneficial for growth only if the host country has well-developed financial institutions. In this paper, we investigate whether this effect operates through factor accumulation and/or improvements in ...

Following the notion of skill-biased FDI fl ows from developed to less developed regions, high-skilled workers are likely to benefi t from FDI to a larger extent. They earn a productivity advantage that potentially transfers into a skilled wage premium. This gives rise to distributional confl ict that might turn into heterogeneous attitudes toward FDI infl ows in line with skill. In this paper ...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to long term participation by country A into country B. There are two types of FDI: inward FDI and outward FDI. Many African countries have already done much to create a more business-friendly environment and many have made impressive progress towards political and economic stability. In their efforts to revive economic activity they have scaled down burea...

The paper described the movements of agricultural growth and FDI to agriculture, and determined the causality between the two variables. Agricultural growth was represented by real agricultural GDP growth rate and FDI represented by a ratio of inward FDIs to agriculture as a ratio of agriculture value added. Between 1966 and 2008, growth showed significant movements across the zero line. Over t...