Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Markets : Income, Repatriations and Financial Vulnerabillities /

Based on U.S. data, the returns on foreign direct investment in emerging markets are shown to be substantially higher than would be suggested by official balance of payments statistics. This paper identifies the determinants of FDI profitability in 43 industrialized and developing countries. After f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lehmann, Alexander
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/047
Online Access:Full text available on IMF