Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/2797 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1122
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
There is a startling gap between, allegedly, globalization-induced changes in international competition for foreign direct investment (FDI) and recent empirical evidence on the relative importance of determinants of FDI in developing countries. We show that surprisingly little has changed since the late 1980s. Traditional market-related determinants are still dominant factors. Among non-traditional FDI determinants, only the availability of local skills has clearly gained importance. As concerns the interface between trade policy and FDI, we find that the tariff jumping motive for FDI had lost much of its relevance well before globalization became a hotly debated issue.
Subjects: 
market size
cost factors
human capital
openness to trade
globalization
foreign direct investment
JEL: 
F21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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