Foreign direct investment and exchange rate regimes

Matthias Busse, Carsten Hefeker and Signe Nelgen

Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge from Universität Siegen, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsrecht

Abstract: The paper uses a comprehensive data set with bilateral direct investment flows and establishes the influence of the de-facto exchange rate regime for FDI flows. We find a strong and significant effect from fixed rates on bilateral FDI flows in developed economies, but no significant effect for developing countries. There is thus no general and uniform impact of stable exchange rates on FDI. We provide several possible explanations for this difference.

Keywords: foreign direct investment; multinational enterprises; exchanges rate regimes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F23 O24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2010
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Journal Article: Foreign Direct Investment and Exchange Rate Regimes (2013)
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