• Determinants of foreign direct investment in services 

      Kolstad, Ivar; Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)
      This study uses industry level foreign direct investment (FDI) data from 57 countries 1989-2000, to examine the host country determinants of FDI flows in services as a whole, and in the major service industries. Consistent ...
    • How does social development affect FDI and domestic investment? 

      Kolstad, Ivar; Villanger, Espen (Research report, Research report, 2004)
      Creating a favourable investment climate is crucial for economic development. In this study, we explore the impact of social development variables on FDI and private domestic investment, using panel data from 75 countries ...
    • Mozambique - a sub-Saharan African NIC? 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik; Pretorius, Leon (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2000)
      This paper analyzes and explains foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mozambique. The country was one of the fastest growing countries in the world during the second half of the 1990s, and FDI has followed growth with a lag. ...
    • Winners and losers from an international investment agreement 

      Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Eckel, Carsten (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)
      Recent attempts at reaching an international investment agreement have been met with considerable opposition and failed. An important reason for this failure is the diverging interests between the parties involved. The ...