Since China performed the policy of reform and opening-up 30 years ago, foreign direct investment (FDI) has exerted important function in the quick development of economy, but the location factors of West China and East China are very different, and their attractions to FDI are not same. According to the location theory of FDI, in this article, taking the city of Chengdu as the example, we util...

This paper investigates the simultaneous causal relationship between investments in information and communication technology (ICT) and flows of foreign direct investment (FDI), with reference to its implications on economic growth. For the empirical analysis we use data from 23 major countries with heterogeneous economic development for the period 1976–99. Our causality test results suggest tha...

The core objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the economic development of Bangladesh. To attain the objective, this paper has conducted statistical analyses of the relationships between FDI and its impact on selected macroeconomic indicators such as Gross Domestic Product, Inflation Rate, and Balance of Trade. The study has examined time series...

This paper reviews some of the recent advances in our understanding of the determinants of firms’ choices between trade and foreign direct investment (fdi) as means by which to serve their overseas markets. Over the past two decades, fdi has grown much more rapidly than trade flows. The great majority of these investment flows have been between developed countries with similar factor endowments...

This paper aims to investigate the causal relationship between foreign direct investment and gross domestic savings in Bangladesh over a period of 1985-2007. In doing so, Johansen cointegration technique and error correction methods are employed to examine the long run and short run relationship between foreign direct investment and gross domestic savings. To determine the direction of causalit...

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.

this paper aims to contribute to the ongoing debate over the role of host country factors in conditioning the growth effects of foreign direct investment (FDI). Within a general cross-country growth empirics framework, a newly compiled dataset is used to test the hypothesis that countries which adopt a liberal approach to the regulation of FDI benefit more from a given flow of foreign investmen...

In this paper we analyze the conditions under which a foreign direct investment (FDI) involves a net capital flow across countries. Frequently, foreign direct investment is financed in the host country without an international capital movement. We develop a model in which the optimal choice of financing an international investment trades off the relative costs and benefits associated with the a...

In this paper we analyze the conditions under which a foreign direct investment (FDI) involves a net capital flow across countries. Frequently, foreign direct investment is financed in the host country without an international capital transfer. We develop a model in which the optimal choice of financing an international investment trades off the relative costs and benefits associated with the a...

In this paper we analyze the conditions under which a foreign direct investment (FDI) involves a net capital flow across countries. Frequently, foreign direct investment is financed in the host country without an international capital movement. We develop a model in which the optimal choice of financing an international investment trades off the relative costs and benefits associated with the a...