Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Development?Theodore H. Moran, Magnus Blomstrom, Edward Montgomery Graham, Magnus Blomström What is the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on development? The answer is important for the lives of millions--if not billions--of workers, families, and communities in the developing world. The answer is crucial for policymakers in developing and developed countries, and in multilateral agencies. This volume gathers together the cutting edge of new research on FDI and host country economic performance and presents the most sophisticated critiques of current and past inquiries. It probes the limits of what can be determined from available evidence and from innovative investigative techniques. In addition, the book presents new results, concludes with an analysis of the implications for contemporary policy debates, and proposes new avenues for future research. |
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With respect to productivity spillovers , the authors note that the earlier predominance among researchers who found no beneficial impact from FDI on domestic firms has been giving way to more positive results — a trend that is ...
... FDI Suppliers ' downstream FDI Variable Downstream FDI 1.00 Horizontal FDI 0.34 1.00 Suppliers ' downstream FDI 0.55 0.44 1.00 Note : Capital , materials , energy , and value added are reported in thousands of 1988 rupiah .
However , an interesting point to note is the following observation . Remark 2 : The losses that the local firms suffer from an increase in competition may be partly offset by a reduction in the intermediate price ( which happens when μ ...
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Contents
RD Activities of Foreign and National | 107 |
Foreign Direct Investment and Local Economic | 137 |
Comment | 175 |
Copyright | |
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