Transnational social capital and FDI.Evidence from Italian associations worldwide

Marina Murat, Barbara Pistoresi and Alberto Rinaldi

Department of Economics from University of Modena and Reggio E., Faculty of Economics "Marco Biagi"

Abstract: Emigrant associations abroad are structured nodes of social networks; they are manifestations of a transnational social capital. Italian associations are numerous, spread across several countries, in some cases they exist since the end of the nineteenth century, and may count on high numbers of members. Also, they are robustly tied to the home country. This paper assesses the effects of Italian associations abroad on the bilateral FDI between Italy and the countries of settlement of Italian diaspora. The main results are that these effects are positive and strongly significant, especially for the inward FDI and relatively to the countries with the oldest associations

Keywords: international migration; FDI; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages 20
Date: 2011-05
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Journal Article: TRANSNATIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL AND FDI: EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN ASSOCIATIONS WORLDWIDE (2011)
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