Financial frictions and foreign direct investment: Evidence from Japanese microdata

Intra- and Inter-industry Linkages in Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Japanese Investment in Europe

This paper studies the location choices of Japanese manufacturing and service firms in Europe between 1970 and 1995. We examine whether the presence of Japanese manufacturing (service) firms attracts other Japanese manufacturers (service providers), whether there exist interindustry linkages between the two sectors, and how such intraand interindustry agglomeration effects have evolved over tim...

Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Evidence from Iran and GCC

Abstract F DI can create employment and reduce poverty, increase the host country’s export capacity causing the developing country to increase its foreign exchange earnings. The aim of this study is to investigate whether FDI affect economic growth in GCC countries over the period 1980-2014 using ARDL approaches. The empirical results show that the FDI is one of the major drivers of e...

Achieving Regional Convergence through the Role of Foreign Direct Investment and Portfolio Investment: Evidence from ASEAN+3

T he purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of foreign direct investment and portfolio investment on the convergence occurrence of economic growth of countries in the ASEAN + 3 region and to determine the time or speed required to achieve convergence. The type of data used in this research is secondary data panel which is combination between time series data and cross-section...

Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies

Using fixed effects panel data approach, this paper empirically examines the effects of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth in 13 transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe, and the Baltic region (CEEB). Our analysis suggests that significant positive effect of trade on growth is a robust result for transition economies of this region. In addition, domestic investment ap...

Environmental Regulations and Foreign Direct Investment Provincial Evidence from China