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| Title: | | The location choices of foreign investors: A districtlevel analysis in India  |
| Authors: | | Mukim, Megha Nunnenkamp, Peter |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Kiel working paper 1628 |
| Abstract: | | This paper analyzes the determinants of the location choices made by foreign investors at the district level in India to gauge the relative importance of economic geography factors, local business conditions, and the presence of previous foreign investors. We employ a discrete-choice model and Poisson regressions to control for the potential violation of the assumption of Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives. Our sample includes about 19,500 foreign investment projects approved in 447 districts from 1991-2005. We find that foreign investors strongly prefer locations where other foreign investors are. They are also attracted to industrially diverse locations and those with better infrastructure. We conclude that the concentration of FDI in a few locations could fuel regional divergence in post-reform India. |
| Subjects: | | FDI economic geography location choice infrastructure |
| JEL: | | F23 R12 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des IfW Economists Online Kieler Arbeitspapiere, IfW
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