BIBFRAME Work

Title

Determinants of foreign direct investment

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• National Bureau of Economic Research (contributor)
• Piger, Jeremy Max (contributor)
• Blonigen, Bruce A. (Bruce Aloysius) (author )

Language

• eng

Classification

LCC: HB1 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography

Summary

"Empirical studies of bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI) activity show substantial differences in specifications with little agreement on the set of covariates that are (or should be) included. We use Bayesian statistical techniques that allow one to select from a large set of candidates those variables most likely to be determinants of FDI activity. The variables with consistently high inclusion probabilities are traditional gravity variables, cultural distance factors, parent-country per capita GDP, relative labor endowments, and regional trade agreements. Variables with little support for inclusion are multilateral trade openness, host country business costs, host-country infrastructure (including credit markets), and host-country institutions. Of particular note, our results suggest that many covariates found significant by previous studies are not robust"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Authorized Access Point

Blonigen, Bruce A. (Bruce Aloysius). Determinants of foreign direct investment

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• Date: 2026-09-11T20:11:58.553839+00:00
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• Date: 2026-09-11
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