North-South Globalization and Foreign Direct Investment: Essays in International Economics
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Mixed Blessing of FDI: Two-Way Capital Flows and Growth -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Related Literature -- 2.3. The Model -- 2.4. Autarky -- 2.5. Open Capital Markets -- 2.6. The Structure of Capital Flows -- 2.7. Extensions -- 2.7.1. Two-Country Setting -- 2.7.2. TFP-Differences -- 2.8. Conclusion and Outlook -- 2.A. Appendix A: An Additional Perspective on Credit Market Equilibrium -- 2.B. Appendix B: Conditions on Assumption 1 -- 3.Reaping the Gains: Specialization and Capital Flows -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Related Literature -- 3.3. The Model -- 3.3.1. Setup -- 3.3.2. Autarky -- 3.3.3. Open Capital Markets and International Investment -- 3.3.4. Small Open Economy -- 3.3.5. Two and Many Countries -- 3.4. Empirical Test -- 3.4.1. Data and approach -- 3.4.2. Results -- 3.4.3. Robustness Tests -- 3.5. Conclusion and Outlook -- 3.A. Appendix A: Factor Input Coefficients aiF -- 3.B. Appendix B: Proof of Real Rental Minimum -- 3.C. Appendix C: Summary Statistics -- 4.Like it or Not? How the Economic and Institutional Environment Shapes Individual Attitudes towards Multinational Enterprises -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Primary Data -- 4.3. Socioeconomic Determinants -- 4.4. Why Do Attitudes towards MNEs Differ Across Countries? -- 4.5. (How) Do Marginal Effects of Individual Characteristics Differ across Countries? -- 4.6. Extensions and Robustness Checks -- 4.6.1. Narrow Definition of MNE-Phily -- 4.6.2. Attitudes towards Trade -- 4.6.3. Population Weights -- 4.6.4. Factor Endowments -- 4.7. Summary and Conclusions -- 4.A. Appendix A: Variables and Summary Statistics -- 4.B. Appendix B: Additional Full Regression Tables -- 5.Conclusion and Outlook -- A.The Neoclassical Case of Capital Flows -- Bibliography.