How Far Away is an Intangible? Services FDI and Distance

Bibliographic Data

ID19080116
AuthorsRonald B Davies (0000-0002-9738-9256, University of College Dublin Belfield Ireland, corresponding author), Amélie Guillin (0000-0002-2341-6389, ERUDITE Université Paris Est Créteil France)
Year2011
Volume37
Issue12
Pages1731-1750
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0378-5920 • E-ISSN: 1467-9701
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/twec.12142
OpenAlexW3123436751
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited29

Foreign direct investment ( FDI ) in services has grown significantly in recent years. Evidence of spatial relationships in FDI decisions have been provided for goods manufacturing by utilising physical distance‐based measures of trade costs. This paper investigates spatial interactions for services FDI using several distance measures, including physical distance, genetic distance and transport time. Across different measures of distance, the traditional determinants of outbound FDI activity remain valid for services. We also find spatial interdependence for services FDI that is generally supportive of export‐platform FDI .

Business · Distance decay · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Foreign direct investment · Geographical distance · Goods and services · Industrial organization · International economics · International trade · Economic Policies and Impacts · Global trade and economics · International Business and FDI

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