What drives foreign direct investment: the role of language, geographical distance, information flows and technological similarity

This paper sheds new light on the impact of linguistic and technological similarities between countries on foreign direct investment (FDI), using an extended gravity model. The model includes technological commonality, as measured by the aggregate production of intellectual property, at the country...

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Main Author: Ly, A. (author)
Other Authors: Esperança, J. (author), Davcik, N. S. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/15472
Country:Portugal
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