Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46286 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3231
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We argue that membership in International Organizations (IOs) is an important determinant of FDI inflows. To the extent that membership restricts a country from pursuing policies that are harmful to investors, it can signal low political risk. Using data over the 1971-2005 period, we find that membership in IOs does indeed increase inflows of FDI. Controlling for the endogeneity of membership, we find this effect to be substantively important and robust to the method of estimation.
Subjects: 
membership in international organizations
FDI
investment climate
political risk
signaling
separating equilibrium
JEL: 
F02
F21
H11
K33
P26
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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