Developing economies often impose restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI). In recent years many developing economies liberalize external trade as well as FDI inflows. The economists have neglected the importance of government policies on economic performance until recently. This paper makes use of the panel data from different economies in order to provide a clearer picture on the FDI inflows. The results confirm that the governments are successful in absorbing foreign capital inflows through more liberal policies.
An international joint venture is formed when the partners contribute different benefits to the venture. Each party learns from the others through the joint venture. However, the literature suggests that joint ventures are unstable. So it is hypothesized that, on average, an international joint venture will have a shorter duration than a foreign wholly-owned subsidiary. Data on US foreign direct investment (FDI) abroad and FDI in the United States are applied to test the instability of joint ventures. The proportional hazards model is applied while exponential distribution and Weibull distribution are used to cross-check the results. On the whole, the results are consistent with the hypothesis. In particular, the two types of US affiliates are significantly different in duration although the support for the hypothesis from FDI in the United States is weak.
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