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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, : Center for Global Development, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (426 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetto topico: Economic development; Investments, Foreign - Evaluation; Investments, Foreign - Developing countries
• Altri autori: BlomstromMagnus <1952-> GrahamEdward M <1944-2007.> (Edward Montgomery) MoranTheodore H. <1943->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Does foreign direct investment promote development
• ISBN: 1-281-79095-8; 9786611790950; 0-88132-463-9; 1-4356-8280-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808949103321
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