Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64822 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2012-52
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Non-traditional source countries of FDI play an increasingly important role, notably in developing host countries. This raises the question of whether the location choices differ systematically between traditional and non-traditional source countries. We perform Logit and Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood estimations to assess the determinants of bilateral FDI flows. We find that economic geography variables are more relevant for FDI from nontraditional sources. The risk aversion of non-traditional investors is not consistently weaker than that of traditional investors. Resource abundance and superior technology in the host countries represent minor pull factors of FDI from non-traditional sources.
Subjects: 
FDI flows
types of FDI
source-host country pairs
location choices
gravity-type models
JEL: 
F21
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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