The Geography of International Investment

Much foreign direct investment is between high-income countries, but investment in some developing and transition regions, while still modest, grew rapidly in the 1990s. Adjusting for market size, much investment stays close to home; adjusting for...

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Main Authors:	Shatz, Howard J., Venables, Anthony J.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	BORDER MERGERS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CLASSICAL TRADE THEORY COMMODITY TRADE COMPETITIVE POSITION CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COST SAVINGS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC EXCHANGE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC SIZE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY EMPIRICAL STUDIES EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTOR PRICE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FDI FINAL GOODS FIXED COSTS FOREIGN AFFILIATES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN MARKET FOREIGN MARKETS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AREA FREE TRADE IN GOODS GDP GROSS OUTPUT HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOST ECONOMIES IMPORTS INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INDUSTRIALIZATION INPUT PRICES INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION INVESTMENT ACTIVITY INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT FLOWS KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOCAL FIRMS LOCAL MARKET LOCAL MARKETS LOCAL PRODUCTION LOW TRADE LOW TRADE BARRIERS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET ENTRY MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MERGERS MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS MULTINATIONAL FIRMS PATTERN OF TRADE PRICE DIFFERENCES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION NETWORKS PRODUCTION PROCESS QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS RETAINED EARNINGS SAVINGS SCALE ECONOMIES TAX RATES TAX SYSTEMS TIME SERIES TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CREATING TRADE DATA TRADE FLOWS TRADE OPENNESS TRADE THEORY TRADE VOLUMES TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT VARIABLE COSTS WAGES
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