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Foreign Direct Investment By Spain In Latin America: Brazil, Argentina And Mexico

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  • Elena MARTINEZ
  • Francisco JAREÑO

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This paper analyzes the evolution of Spanish foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America in recent years (from the 1990s through 2012). Additionally, a summary of the primary explanatory factors of FDI evolution in the three countries with the highest indices of Spanish investment (Brazil, Argentina and Mexico) is performed. The study finds that of the four factors analyzed (exchange rate, inflation, risk premium and gross domestic product (GDP)), only the exchange rate offers a significant and adequate (negative) relation as an explanatory factor of FDI evolution.

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  • Elena MARTINEZ & Francisco JAREÑO, 2014. "Foreign Direct Investment By Spain In Latin America: Brazil, Argentina And Mexico," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 14(2).
    • Handle: RePEc:eaa:aeinde:v:14:y:2014:i:2_9
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    1. Cabral Torres René & Mollick André V. & Saucedo Eduardo, 2018. "The Impact of Crime and Other Economic Forces on Mexico's Foreign Direct Investment Inflows," Working Papers 2018-24, Banco de México.

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    Keywords

    foreign direct investment; Latin America; explanatory factors;
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    JEL classification:

    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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