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Multinationals and Foreign Investment in Economic Development

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  • © 2005

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  1. Edward M. Graham

    1. Institute of International Economics, USA

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Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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During the past twenty or so years, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have increased at rates approaching the astounding, especially so during the 1990s. While much of the increase was due to unprecedented cross-border mergers and acquisitions among high-income countries, the amount of FDI flowing to developing nations also grew substantially. This volume examines the economics of this FDI to developing countries. Some chapters are theoretical in nature, others empirical, and still others are largely policy-oriented. Topics covered include whether FDI makes an autonomous contribution to growth in these nations and whether or not 'spillovers' are generated by this investments. Also covered are effects of policy intervention by governments on FDI flows and whether non-economic factors (e.g. cultural factors) might figure as determinants of location of FDI.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries — Where Do We Now Stand?

    • Edward M. Graham
    Pages 1-25

  3. On Intra-firm Trade and Multinationals: Offshoring and Foreign Outsourcing in Manufacturing

    • Ashok Deo Bardhan, Dwight Jaffee
    Pages 26-41

  4. Foreign Direct Investment, Externalities and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Some Empirical Explorations

    • Nagesh Kumar, Jaya Prakash Pradhan
    Pages 42-84

  5. Technological Spillovers and Export-platform FDI

    • Kjetil Bjorvatn, Carsten Eckel
    Pages 85-93

  6. Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia: Impact on Economic Growth and Local Investment

    • Pradeep Agrawal
    Pages 94-118

  7. The Internationalization of Korean Firms: Strategic Interaction and Tariff-jumping when Quality Matters

    • Bénédicte Coestier, Serge Perrin
    Pages 119-144

  8. Foreign Direct Investment, Trade and Regional Integration in Mercosur

    • Marta Castilho, Soledad Zignago
    Pages 145-162

  9. The Effect of Exchange-rate Uncertainty on Foreign Direct Investment in the United Kingdom

    • Matteo Iannizzotto, Nigel J. Miller
    Pages 163-178

  10. The Role of Foreign Direct Investment and Natural Resources in Economic Development

    • José De Gregorio
    Pages 179-197

  11. Multinationals and Foreign Direct Investment in India and China

    • Subrata Gupta
    Pages 198-211

  12. Portuguese Investment in Brazil — the Challenges of an Iberian Logic

    • Cézar Miranda Guedes, Mario Gomez Olivares
    Pages 212-233
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  • Institute of International Economics, USA

    Edward M. Graham

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PRADEEP AGRAWAL Doctor, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, India ASHOK DEO BARDHAN Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, USA KJETIL BJORVATN Professor, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway MARTA CASTILHO Doctor, Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brazil BÉNÉDICTE COESTIER Professor, Université de Paris X, France CARSTEN ECKEL Profesor, Department of Economics, Universität Göttingen, Germany CEZAR GUEDES Professor, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil JOSÉ DE GREGORIO Doctor, Banco Central de Chile, Chile SUBRATA GUPTA Doctor, Jogamaya Devi College, University of Calcutta, India MATTEO IANNIZZOTTO Doctor, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Durham, UK DWIGHT JAFFEE Profesor, Haas School of Business, University of California, USA NAGESH KUMAR Doctor, Research and Information Systems, India NIGEL J. MILLER Doctor, Department of Economics, University of York, UK MARIO GOMES OLIVARES Professor, Universidade Técnica de Lisboã, Portugal SERGE PERRIN Doctor, Agence Française de Devélopement and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France JAYA PRAKASH PRADHAN Professor, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharal Nehru University, India SOLEDAD ZIGNAGO Doctor, Université de Paris I, France

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