The Role of Information in Driving FDI Flows : Host-Country Transparency and Source-Country Specialization /

We develop a simple information-based model of FDI flows. On the one hand, the abundance of "intangible" capital in specialized industries in the source countries, which presumably generates expertise in screening investment projects in the host countries, enhances FDI flows. On the other...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Razin, Assaf
Other Authors: Mody, Ashoka, Sadka, Efraim
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/148
Online Access:Full text available on IMF