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FDI as a signal of quality [PDF]

open access: possibleEconomics Letters, 2009
Abstract A new-product firm's entry strategy into foreign markets is considered. We show that, when product quality is unknown, a new-product firm may choose FDI over exporting to signal quality even if exporting is more cost-effective.
Seiichi Katayama, Kaz Miyagiwa
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FDI in Vietnam

2023
Vietnam has emerged as one of the most attractive emerging market destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) over the past decades. Foreign investors have contributed significantly to the country’s economic development since the early stages of the economic reform and transition process that was launched in the late 1980s, and the importance of ...
Kokko, Ari, Nestor, Curt, Van, Le Hai
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Vertical FDI Revisited [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2003
This study explores how relative skilled-wage premia affect FDI. Contrary to previous studies based on factor endowment differences, we find strong support for vertical FDI, in the sense that more FDI is conducted in countries where unskilled labor is relatively cheap. In addition, we find that relative skill-premia also affect FDI activities that have
Braconier, Henrik   +2 more
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Outward FDI in China’s hotel industry: An inward FDI perspective

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2022
Outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from emerging economies in the hospitality industry, the hotel sector in particular, has drastically increased in recent years. Based on Dunning's eclectic paradigm/Ownership-Location-Internalization (OLI) theory and the Investment Development Path (IDP) theory, the OFDI in the hotel sector was assessed from the
Song, Changyao   +3 more
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FDI in the Banking Sector [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2008
When countries open their financial sectors, foreign-owned banks appear to bring superior efficiency to their host markets but also charge higher markups on borrowed funds than their domestically owned rivals, with unknown impacts on interest rates and welfare.
Beatriz de Blas, Katheryn Russ
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Host market characteristics, FDI, and the FDI – trade relationship

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2004
This paper empirically examines how a host nation's market characteristics, particularly its market maturity and role as an export platform, affect the amount of inward FDI it receives and its FDI – bilateral trade relationship with the FDI source. For the period 1989 – 1999, using Japanese outward FDI into 85 geographically and developmentally diverse
Bedassa Tadesse, Michael Ryan
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Choice for FDI and Post-FDI Productivity [PDF]

open access: possible, 2007
We highlight the difference between the service sector and the manufacturing sector in regard to the determinants for a firm to start FDI and the productivity growth it achieves. This paper analyzes two questions: (1) whether a certain level of productivity explains a Japanese firm's choice to be a multinational firm (by starting FDI), and (2) how the ...
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Liquidity-driven FDI [PDF]

open access: possible, 2014
We develop a model of foreign direct investment (FDI) in which financially liquid foreign firms acquire liquidity-constrained target firms. Using a large dataset of emerging-market acquisitions, we find evidence supporting three central predictions of the model: (i) firms in external finance dependent and intangible sectors are more likely to be ...
Rahul Mukherjee   +2 more
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Impact of FDI Restrictions on Inward FDI in OECD Countries

Global Economy Journal, 2012
Attracting FDI has become an integral part of the national development strategies in many economies, as it is generally believed that the benefits from foreign direct investment (FDI) outweigh its drawbacks. The UNCTAD in its World Investment Report (2006) highlights that there were 205 FDI related policy changes across the world in 2005, and most of ...
Madanmohan Ghosh   +2 more
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FDI Investment Incentive System and FDI Inflows: the Philippine Experience

2008
This paper examines the country's investment incentive program for foreign investors and its success in attracting substantial FDI inflows. The analysis compares the FDI incentive system and FDI performance of the Philippines with other Asian countries. Since it is difficult to untangle the effect of tax incentives from other factors, the analysis also
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