Study on North-South foreign direct investment

Autorentext
Jakob Schwab is a postdoctoral researcher in International Economics at the German Development Institute (Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, DIE/GDI).

Klappentext

Jakob Schwab analyzes central mechanisms in the systematic economic interaction between rich and poor countries. He focuses on the drivers and effects of investment in developing countries and shows that predictions of standard economic analysis may turn around when accounting for peculiarities of North-South globalization. The author shows how endowments with educational skill levels may lead to complementarity between trade and capital inflows, how inflows of direct investment capital may hinder income growth in poor countries, and how the distributional effects of the presence of multinational enterprises are perceived differently in countries of different development structures.

Contents

• Two-Way Capital Flows and Growth

• Specialization and Capital Flows

• How the Economic and Institutional Environment Shapes Individual Attitudes towards Multinational Enterprises

Target Groups

• Researchers and students in the field of international economics

• Practitioners in the field of international economic architecture

The Author

Jakob Schwab is a postdoctoral researcher in International Economics at the German Development Institute (Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, DIE/GDI).

Inhalt

Two-Way Capital Flows and Growth.- Specialization and Capital Flows.- How the Economic and Institutional Environment Shapes Individual Attitudes towards Multinational Enterprises.