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How far away is an intangible? Services FDI and distance

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in services has grown significantly in recent years. Evidence of spatial relationships in FDI decisions have been provided for goods manufacturing by utilizing physical distance-based measures of trade costs. This paper investigates spatial interactions for services FDI using several distance measures, including physical distance, genetic distance, and transport time. Across different measures of distance, the traditional determinants of outbound FDI activity remain valid for services. We also find spatial interdependence for services FDI that is generally supportive of complex vertical motivations.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 3599

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements
Multinational Firms; International Business
Thema
foreign direct investment
services
spatial econometric techniques

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Davies, Ronald B.
Guillin, Amélie
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2011

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Davies, Ronald B.
  • Guillin, Amélie
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2011

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