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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Auteur principal: Razin, Assaf
Autres auteurs: Mody, Ashoka, Sadka, Efraim
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/148
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF