Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1176:
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: How Relevant Are Host-country and Industry Characteristics?
Julius Spatz Peter Nunnenkamp
Abstract: Conclusive evidence supporting the widely held view that
developing countries should draw on foreign direct investment (FDI) to spur
economic development is surprisingly hard to come by. We raise the
proposition that results on the growth impact of FDI ar
Keywords: foreign direct investment stocks, resource-seeking, market-seeking and efficiency-seeking FDI, host-country characteristics, industry characteristics, economic growth effects; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F21; (follow links to similar papers)
54 pages, November 2003
Before downloading any of the electronic versions below
you should read our statement on
copyright.
Download GhostScript
for viewing Postscript files and the
Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing pdf files.
Downloadable files:
iteiit20049a3_en.pdf
Download Statistics
Report other problems with accessing this service to Sune Karlsson ()
or Helena Lundin ().
Programing by
Design Joakim Ekebom