FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT BY SPAIN IN LATIN AMERICA: BRAZIL, ARGENTINA AND MEXICO

Elena Martinez and Francisco Jareño ()

Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2014, vol. 14, issue 2

Abstract: This paper analyzes the evolution of Spanish foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America in recent years (from the 1990s through 2012). Additionally, a summary of the primary explanatory factors of FDI evolution in the three countries with the highest indices of Spanish investment (Brazil, Argentina and Mexico) is performed. The study finds that of the four factors analyzed (exchange rate, inflation, risk premium and gross domestic product (GDP)), only the exchange rate offers a significant and adequate (negative) relation as an explanatory factor of FDI evolution.

Keywords: foreign direct investment; Latin America; explanatory factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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