The determinants of the location of foreign direct investment in UK regions†

Dimitra Dimitropoulou, Philip McCann () and Simon P. Burke

Applied Economics, 2013, vol. 45, issue 27, 3853-3862

Abstract: This article employs a database of over 2000 observations of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in UK regions. We analyse this data by means of various multinomial and conditional logit models in order to identify the major determinants of the location choices of these inward investments. Having controlled for the various characteristics of inward investing firms, the projects and the regions, our results suggest that existing regional specialization is the single most important determining feature of where inward FDI locates. In addition, London is seen to benefit primarily by the immigration of new investments, the majority of which are related to service sector activities.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.558482

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