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Understanding the Location of Foreign Direct Investment
Jones, Jonathan; Wren, Colin
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Description for Understanding the Location of Foreign Direct Investment
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Advances in Regional and Urban Economics. Num Pages: 327 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 575.
This book brings together previous work by the authors that explores the location of foreign direct investment. It uses a broad range of approaches and quantitative techniques. The issues that are addressed concern the changing nature of FDI location, its determinants, and the role of policy in attracting FDI. The chapters of this book focus on the UK experience, but also analyse the location determinants at a European level. The authors present expert analysis that charts the increase in FDI since the mid-1980s and examines the shift in manufacturing and service location, arguing that these result from policy changes and ... Read more
This book brings together previous work by the authors that explores the location of foreign direct investment. It uses a broad range of approaches and quantitative techniques. The issues that are addressed concern the changing nature of FDI location, its determinants, and the role of policy in attracting FDI. The chapters of this book focus on the UK experience, but also analyse the location determinants at a European level. The authors present expert analysis that charts the increase in FDI since the mid-1980s and examines the shift in manufacturing and service location, arguing that these result from policy changes and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Advances in Regional and Urban Economics
Number of Pages
327
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137431974
SKU
V9781137431974
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99-15
About Jones, Jonathan; Wren, Colin
Jonathan Jones is Lecturer in Economics at Newcastle University, UK. His research is in empirical applied microeconomics, focusing on the location and effect of foreign direct investment. His work has been published in numerous economics and regional science journals, and he is co-author of an earlier book on FDI and the regional economy. Colin Wren is Professor of Economics at ... Read more
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