Despite the significance attached to foreign direct investment (FDI) by Multinational
enterprises (MNEs), there are is no comprehensive review of the FDI literature. Moreover …

This paper reviews the rapidly growing empirical literature on the drivers of capital flows to
emerging markets. The empirical evidence is structured based on the recognition that the …

This chapter reviews the state of the international trade literature on multinational firms. This
literature addresses three main questions. First, why do some firms operate in more than …

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an important element of the global economy and a central
component of economic development strategies of both developed and develo** …

Trade is a cornerstone concept in economics worldwide. This updated second edition of the
essential graduate textbook in international trade brings readers to the forefront of …

In a study of a sample of 2,705 international plant location decisions by listed Japanese
multinational corporations across a possible set of 155 countries in the 1990-1996 period …

This paper assesses the relationship between corruption and inward foreign direct
investment (FDI). Previous research has presumed that corruption directly enters the cost …

What role does trade play in international technology transfer? Do technologies introduced
by multinational firms diffuse to local firms? What kinds of policies have proved successful in …

A substantial body of research has taken shape on trade in services since the mid-1980s.
Much of this is inspired by the WTO and regional trade agreements. However, an increasing …

A poorly understood empirical phenomenon is export-platform affiliate production (EP),
particularly for sale in third countries rather than in the parent or host countries. We develop …