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Foreign direct investment and the risk of expropriation

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  • Thomas, J.P.

    (Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management)

  • Worrall, T.

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Foreign direct investment accounts for a considerable proportion of international capital flows. In 1986 the flow of foreign direct investment from developed market economies to developing countries was $12.5 billion or roughly one-half of all private capital flows from the developed to the developing nations (and roughly one-quarter of the flow of all foreign direct investments). Its significance for developing countries may even grow in the future as debt is swapped for equity (see Pollio and Riemschneider, 1988). The most important sector in volume term is the manufacturing sector, the concern of this paper. In 1978 total stocks of manufacturing foreign direct investment accounted for roughly two-thirds of the total in less developed countries, with just one-eighth devoted to the extractive industries (see Stopford and Dunning, 1983, p.22).
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  • Thomas, J.P. & Worrall, T., 1991. "Foreign direct investment and the risk of expropriation," Other publications TiSEM 648dfe30-92c0-4c5f-a1fe-2, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:tiu:tiutis:648dfe30-92c0-4c5f-a1fe-28432c969b4b
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