Essays about: "outward FDI"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words outward FDI.

1. 6. Home-country determinants of outward FDI: Evidence from BRICS economies and five developed countries

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Wang Haiyan; [2017]
   Keywords : market size; labor cost; exchange rate; inflation; interest rate; political risks; corruption; openness; technology; outward FDI; BRICS;

   Abstract : This paper studies the home-country determinants of outward FDI with a focus on nine empirically recognized host-country determinants of inward FDI, namely market size, labor cost, exchange rate, inflation, interest rate, political risks, corruption, openness, and technology. Based on a panel with 183 observations from BRICS and five developed countries (Australia, Germany, Japan, UK, US), evidence is found that market size, inflation, interest rate, political risks, and openness have significant influence on FDI outflows. READ MORE

3. 7. Cultural Distance and Foreign Direct Investment : Does it Matter for Swedish Firms?

   University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och Innovation

   Author : Anna Norell Bergendahl; [2015]
   Keywords : Foreign direct investment; Cultural distance; Schwartz cultural orientations; Liability of foreignness; Gender equality; International trade; Gravity equation;

   Abstract : This thesis employs a random effects panel estimator to assess the relationship between Swedish outward foreign direct investment (FDI) stock and cultural distance for a panel of 75 countries covering the period 1998–2012. Cultural distance, operationalized by differences in Schwartz cultural orientations and gender equality, adds to the liability of foreignness and is hypothesized to have a negative impact on outward FDI stock. READ MORE

4. 8. Does exchange rate uncertainty affect foreign direct investment? An empirical analysis of the Swedish case

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Nils Kottmann; [2014]
   Keywords : Exchange rate volatility; GARCH; FDI;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to study empirically what the effect of exchange rate volatility is on foreign direct investment (FDI) stock in Sweden, as well as on Swedish FDI stock abroad. To this date, neither empirical nor theoretical research has reached consensus on the nature of this effect. READ MORE

5. 9. Determinants of Chinese OFDI in European Union: An empirical study on location factors

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Lucian Ionut Popa; [2013]
   Keywords : China; European Union; outward foreign direct investment; location; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : What are the motives that drive Chinese investments into European Union? And even more, what determines the location choice? These are questions to which the paper seeks to find an answer to by conducting an empirical analysis with the use of panel data regression. Having most of Chinese investment flowing in only few Western European countries it is important to observe what determines the location choice that triggers a preference for these, whereas other countries manage to attract only small shares. READ MORE

6. 10. Do International Investment Agreements bite on Swedish outward FDI?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Ida Hansson; Anna Lind; [2013]
   Keywords : Foreign Direct Investments; International Investment Agreements; Bilateral Investment Treaties; Double Taxation Treaties;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate whether International Investment Agreements have any effect on Swedish outward Foreign Direct Investments. The signing and ratification of treaties has continued in a steady pace but their efficiency has been questioned. READ MORE