Foreign Direct Investment and External Financing Conditions: Evidence from Normal and Crisis Times

B-Tier
Journal: Scandanavian Journal of Economics
Year: 2017
Volume: 119
Issue: 4
Pages: 1129-1166

Authors (2)

Rodolphe Desbordes (not in RePEc) Shang‐Jin Wei (Fudan University)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the effects that external financing conditions in source and destination countries have on foreign direct investment (FDI) in normal and crisis times, using a difference‐in‐differences approach. We find that the financial development of the source and destination countries has a strong positive impact on the relative volume of FDI in financially vulnerable sectors in normal times. However, during the 2008–2010 global financial crisis, the relative volume of FDI in financially vulnerable sectors fell relatively more in financially developed source and destination countries, most notably if these countries experienced a credit crisis.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:scandj:v:119:y:2017:i:4:p:1129-1166
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29