scholarly journals The Weak Relation between Foreign Direct Investment and Corruption: A Theoretical and Econometric Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 474-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Evan ◽  
Ilya Bolotov
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Econometric Study

scholarly journals Allocation of foreign direct investment across brazilian states

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurício Mesquita Bortoluzzo ◽  
Sergio Naruhiko Sakurai ◽  
Adriana Bruscato Bortoluzzo
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Consumer Market ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Econometric Study

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has become increasingly important for the Brazilian economy: the ratio of FDI inflow to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) increased from a 0.6% average in the 1980's to 2.5% from 2001 to 2010, according to data from UNCTAD. However, there is great inequality in the distribution of this investment among Brazilian federation units. This study aims at investigating the determining factors for the location of foreign direct investment across Brazilian states, based on an econometric study with panel data for the years 1995, 2000 and 2005. The results showed that foreign investment responded positively to consumer market size, quality of labor and transport infrastructure, but negatively to cost of labor and tax burden.

Foreign Direct Investment in Central Europe Since 1990: An Econometric Study

1996 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 104-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Lansbury ◽  
Nigel Pain ◽  
Katerina Smidkova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Fdi Inflows ◽  
Domestic Capital ◽  
Quality And Reliability ◽  
Econometric Study

It is widely recognised that foreign direct investment (FDI) may have an important role to play in the transformation of the formerly centrally planned economies of Central and Eastern Europe. FDI provides a vital source of investment for modernising the industrial structure of these countries and for improving the quality and reliability of infrastructure. In addition new investments may also bring badly needed skills and technologies into the host economy. Evidence from joint ventures in Hungary (Lane, 1994) shows that such firms had a higher propensity to trade and invest than purely indigenous firms. Total FDI inflows into Hungary between 1991–93 were equivalent to 25 per cent of total fixed domestic capital formation (UINDTCI, 1995).

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