TY - JOUR
T1 - Market potential, productivity and foreign direct investment: Some evidence from three case studies
AU - Artige, Lionel
AU - Nicolini, Rosella
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - This paper aims at analysing the importance of local determinants to foreign direct investment (FDI) in three European regional case studies. The originality of the approach lies in the use of disaggregated data by sector and by region. The results are three-fold. First, regional demand and productivity are fundamental FDI determinants, confirming most studies with national data. Second, regional FDI inflows are more dependent on regional than national determinants. Finally, the effect of market potential measured with absolute gross domestic product (GDP) on regional FDI diminishes linearly with distance and does not when measured with GDP per capita. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
AB - This paper aims at analysing the importance of local determinants to foreign direct investment (FDI) in three European regional case studies. The originality of the approach lies in the use of disaggregated data by sector and by region. The results are three-fold. First, regional demand and productivity are fundamental FDI determinants, confirming most studies with national data. Second, regional FDI inflows are more dependent on regional than national determinants. Finally, the effect of market potential measured with absolute gross domestic product (GDP) on regional FDI diminishes linearly with distance and does not when measured with GDP per capita. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
U2 - 10.1080/09654310903491531
DO - 10.1080/09654310903491531
M3 - Article
SN - 0965-4313
VL - 18
SP - 147
EP - 168
JO - European Planning Studies
JF - European Planning Studies
ER -
