Essays about: "fdi gravity"

Showing result 21 - 24 of 24 essays containing the words fdi gravity.

  1. 21. The Predictive Capacity of the Gravity Model of Trade on Foreign Direct Investment

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Shen Gao; [2009]
    Keywords : Gravity Model of Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Modeling FDI flow;

    Abstract : The link between foreign direct investments (FDI) and trade is firmly established in economic literature. Yet despite the vast amount of literature on this subject, very few have tried to look at FDI through the lens of trade theory, choosing rather to approach the subject on either a macroeconomic-level or on firm-level. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on International Trade: An Empirical Study of China

    University essay from Nationalekonomi

    Author : Jing Xiao; [2008]
    Keywords : FDI; exports; imports; transformed gravity model; panel data;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of inward FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) on international trade of China empirically on the country level by using panel data from 1984 to 2007. Two separate transformed models which are based on the gravity equation and refer to the econometric models of some previous studies, are used in this paper to estimate the effect of FDI inflows on exports and imports respectively. READ MORE

  4. 23. Outward FDI and Trade Performance : An Indication from Sweden Perspective

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Mohammad Hasan; [2007]
    Keywords : FDI; export; aggregate regional level;

    Abstract : In the global world FDI is the most prominent economic development factor for the growth of home and host countries GDP. FDI and Trade performances are positively engage in the complementarity or substitutability relationship depending on the country factors advantages and microeconomic and macroeconomic scale of economies in firm and industrial level. READ MORE

  5. 24. Foreign Direct Investment & Developing Countries, How to Attract Trans-National Corporations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Frawsen Gari; Henrik Josefsson; [2004]
    Keywords : Foreign direct investment; FDI; location determinants; Investment; Modified Gravity Model; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis studied the localisation determinants of foreign direct investment, in order to achieve a better understanding of how developing countries may attract FDI and acquire capital and technology. The examined determinants are based on previous research and economic theories. READ MORE