What role does trade play in international technology transfer? Do technologies introduced
by multinational firms diffuse to local firms? What kinds of policies have proved successful in …

The integration of world capital markets carries important implications for the design and
impact of tax policies. This paper evaluates research findings on international taxation …

This article examines the role of ownership for the relationship between innovation and
exports. Analyzing a large firm-level data set on Chinese manufacturing firms during 2000 …

Multinational sales have grown at high rates over the last two decades, outpacing the
remarkable expansion of trade in manufactures. Consequently, the trade literature has …

In this paper, we examine the various links among foreign direct investment (FDI), financial
markets, and economic growth. We explore whether countries with better financial systems …

In 1986, the economist Wilfred J. Ethier, in seeking to explain the existence of multinational
enterprises (MNEs), concluded that 'internalization appears to be emerging as the Caesar of …

This paper studies the effect of corruption on foreign direct investment. The sample covers
bilateral investment from twelve source countries to 45 host countries. There are two central …

This paper updates some of the author's thinking on the eclectic paradigm of international
production, and relates it to a number of mainstream, but context-specific economic and …

This article describes the origins, and traces the subsequent evolution of the eclectic
paradigm from the mid-1950s to the present day. It does so in the light of the changing …

This paper explores the role of economic, institutional and political factors in attracting
foreign direct investment (FDI) in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) …