A new standard for compiling and disseminating foreign direct investment statistics

B. Terrien

Quarterly selection of articles - Bulletin de la Banque de France, 2009, issue 16, 117-135

Abstract: Many economists doubt the usefulness of foreign direct investment statistics for macroeconomic analysis. A new international standard, based on the restatement of intra-group loans, should soon come into force and provide more understandable data.

Keywords: Foreign direct investment; FDI; mergers and acquisitions; balance of payments; international investment position. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F23 G34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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