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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808949103321

Titolo

Does foreign direct investment promote development? / / edited by Theodore H. Moran, Edward M. Graham and Magnus Blomstrom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, : Center for Global Development, c2005

ISBN

1-281-79095-8

9786611790950

0-88132-463-9

1-4356-8280-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlomstromMagnus <1952->

GrahamEdward M <1944-2007.> (Edward Montgomery)

MoranTheodore H. <1943->

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Economic development

Investments, Foreign - Evaluation

Investments, Foreign - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"April 2005."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2 The Impact of Inward FDI on Host Countries: Why Such Different Answers?; Chapter 3 Disentangling FDI Spillover Effects: What Do Firm Perceptions Tell Us?   ; Chapter 4 Foreign Direct Investment and Externalities: The Case for Public Intervention; Chapter 5 R&D Activities of Foreign and National Establishments in Turkish Manufacturing   ; Chapter 6 Foreign Direct Investment and Local Economic Development: Beyond Productivity Spillovers ; Chapter 7 Multinational Firms and Backward Linkages: A Critical Survey and a Simple Model

Comment: Gordon H. HansonComment: Michael P. Keane ; Chapter 8 Does Foreign Direct Investment Accelerate Economic  Growth?; Chapter 9 Inappropriate Pooling of Wealthy and Poor Countries in Empirical FDI Studies; Chapter 10 Intrafirm Trade of US MNCs: Findings and Implications for Models and Policies Toward Trade and Investment ; Comment: Marc J. Melitz; Chapter 11 How Does FDI Affect Host Country



Development? Using Industry Case Studies to Make Reliable Generalizations; Chapter 12 China's Policies on FDI: Review and Evaluation

Chapter 13 Is Africa's Skepticism of Foreign Capital Justified? Evidence from East African Firm Survey DataComment: Robert Z. Lawrence; Chapter 14 Conclusions and Implications for FDI Policy in Developing Countries, New Methods of Research, and a Future Research Agenda ; About the Contributors; Index