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 domestic materials should see value added rise even with no other changes in production . We expect labor to also reflect the overall effect of the devaluation , but subject to access to short - term working capital .
But would a change in tariffs be exogenous with respect to FDI ? It seems likely that tariff changes are associated with other changes in the economic environment - for example , countries that lower tariffs often engage in a broad ...
Changes in the latter would then move both vertical FDI and trade in the same direction . Carkovic and Levine's results suggest that such joint changes in both FDI and trade are significantly correlated with growth .
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Contents
RD Activities of Foreign and National | 107 |
Foreign Direct Investment and Local Economic | 137 |
Comment | 175 |
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