Does foreign direct investment promote development? / edited by Theodore H. Moran, Edward M. Graham and Magnus Blomström.

"April 2005."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The impact of inward FDI on host countries : why such different answers? / Robert E. Lipsey and Fredrik Sjöholm -- Disentangling FDI spillover effects : what do firm perceptions tell us? / Beata Smarzynska Javorcik and Mariana Spatareanu -- Foreign direct investment and externalities : the case for public intervention / Garrick Blalock and Paul J. Gertler -- R&D activities of foreign and national establishments in Turkish manufacturing / Asim Erdilek -- Foreign direct investment and local economic development : beyond productivity spillovers / Holger Görg and Eric Strobl -- Multinational firms and backward linkages : a critical survey and a simple model / Ping Lin and Kamal Saggi ; Comment / Gordon Hanson, Michael P. Keane -- Does foreign direct investment accelerate economic growth? / Maria Carkovic and Ross Levine -- Inappropriate pooling of wealthy and poor countries in empirical FDI studies / Bruce A. Blonigen and Miao Grace Wang -- Intrafirm trade of US MNCs : findings and implications for models and policies toward trade and investment / Susan E. Feinberg and Michael P. Keane ; Comment / Marc J. Melitz -- How does FDI affect host country development? Using industry case studies to make reliable generalizations / Theodore H. Moran -- China's policies on FDI : review and evaluation / Guoqiang Long -- Is Africa's skepticism of foreign capital justified? Evidence from East African firm survey data / Todd J. Moss, Vijaya Ramachandran, and Manju Kedia Shah ; Comment / Robert Z. Lawrence -- Conclusions and implications for FDI policy in developing countries, new methods of research, and a future research agenda / Theodore H. Moran, Edward M. Graham, and Magnus Blomström.