The Behaviour of FDI

Colin White and Miao Fan

Chapter 12 in Risk and Foreign Direct Investment, 2006, pp 209-235 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As a preliminary to the macro analysis of the relationship between FDI and risk there is a review of how decision makers respond to risk and how this affects FDI flows. This is followed by an analysis of attempts by rating agencies to measure country risk in order to discover a usable index. There are two other major themes to this chapter. The first is a profile of changing aggregate FDI stocks and flows. The chapter looks at the dramatic way in which FDI has grown over the recent past and its potential for further growth. It considers the way in which FDI fluctuates, whether there are regular cycles and of what length, and how far obvious shocks disturb such regular fluctuations. Finally, it analyses the geographical pattern of flows.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Rating Agency; Risk Mitigation; Political Risk; Country Risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230624832_12

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