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How Importarit Are Host-Country Markets for Multinational Corporations? Evidence from Cross-Country Data for 1990-2003

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While foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational corporations (MNCs) has become increasingly important in economic growth since the early 1990s, empirical studies on the role of host-country markets, a key determinant of FDI flows, have been limited. This paper seeks to close this gap by investigating the importance of host-country markets, using a large sample of 160 countries for the period 1990-2003. The estimates suggest that characteristics of host-country markets are important for FDI, that importance has increased over time, and its role in developing countries has risen to almost the same level of as that in developed countries.

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  • Zhang , Kevin Honglin, 2005. "How Importarit Are Host-Country Markets for Multinational Corporations? Evidence from Cross-Country Data for 1990-2003," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 58(4), pages 507-519.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:ecoint:0100
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    1. Lee, Hsiu-Yun & Lin, Kenneth S. & Tsui, Hsiao-Chien, 2009. "Home country effects of foreign direct investment: From a small economy to a large economy," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 26(5), pages 1121-1128, September.

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    Foreign direct investment; Host-country markets;

    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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