A Comment on Globalization-Induced Changes and the Role of FDI Policies Avik Chakrabarti * Asst. Professor of Economics, UWM

It is well known that the performance of foreign firms compared to domestic companies is superior with respect to employment, wages, and productivity. In this paper we detail the export behaviour of foreign affiliates in the United Kingdom relative to indigenous firms. Our findings show that foreign firms are more likely to export, and when they do so they are more export intensive and overall ...

This paper examines the effect of FDI activity on manufacturing exports in four MENA countries. The sensitivity of manufacturing exports and the share in manufacturing exports in total exports to two measures of FDI activity is tested. The findings of this analysis suggest that FDI activity may have a positive effect on the host country’s manufacturing exports. The magnitude of the effect howev...

The paper presents empirical evidence about the relation between taxes and the distribution of foreign direct investment in China. The estimation results show that taxes have a significantly negative effect on the location of FDI. It is also found that the cities that were opened up earlier have a head start compared with those opened up later in terms of accumulative FDI.

Within the new growth framework, this paper attempts to investigate the performance of foreign direct investment, i.e. how efficient FDI as one of the factor inputs in an economy has been utilised. In the empirical analyses, an input-oriented distance function approach is employed to estimate the technical efficiency of FDI in China’s coastal regions over the period 1983–1995.  2000 Elsevier S...