“Migrants know better”: migrants’ networks and FDI

IF 2.8 4区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
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Abstract

The interrelations between trade, FDI and migrations have an important impact on the global economy that resulted in the golden age of globalization at first and in a process of slowbalization in the last decade. Against this background, this paper focuses on migrations and FDI and shows that migrant networks encourage cross-border investments. The presence of immigrants is likely to attract new FDI from their country of origin. FDI abroad, furthermore, are positively related to the presence of migrants, thanks to their knowledge of the two markets. We apply a multilevel mixed model to disentangle the hierarchical structure of the data in order to test the relations between FDI and (directional) migration flows. More specifically we test how and to what extent the structure of the international migrants’ network contributes to bilateral FDI flows, besides standard models. Results show that migrants’ networks exploit the information migrants have on both source and destination markets, and that a more diverse migrants’ community in investing countries lowers bilateral FDI.

"移民更了解":移民网络与外国直接投资
摘要 贸易、外国直接投资和移民之间的相互关系对全球经济产生了重要影响,这种影响最初导致了全球化的黄金时代,并在过去十年中导致了缓慢的全球化进程。在此背景下,本文重点关注移民和外国直接投资,并指出移民网络鼓励跨境投资。移民的存在很可能会吸引来自其原籍国的新的外国直接投资。此外,由于移民对两个市场的了解,外国直接投资与移民的存在呈正相关。我们采用多层次混合模型来分解数据的层次结构,以检验外国直接投资与(定向)移民流之间的关系。更具体地说,除了标准模型之外,我们还检验了国际移民网络结构如何以及在多大程度上促进了双边外国直接投资流动。结果表明,移民网络利用了移民所掌握的关于来源国和目的地市场的信息,而投资国中更加多样化的移民社区会降低双边外国直接投资。
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Economia Politica
Economia Politica ECONOMICS-
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3.90
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34
期刊介绍: This journal publishes peer-reviewed articles that link theory and analysis in political economy, promoting a deeper understanding of economic realities and more effective courses of policy action. Established in 1984, the journal has kept pace with the times in disseminating high-quality and influential research aimed at establishing fruitful links between theories, approaches and institutions. With this relaunch (which combines Springer’s worldwide scientific scope with the Italian cultural roots of il Mulino and Fondazione Edison, whose research has been published by the two mentioned publishers for many years), the journal further reinforces its position in the European and international economic debate and scientific community. Furthermore, this move increases its pluralistic attention to the role that – at the micro, sectoral, and macro level – institutions and innovation play in the unfolding of economic change at different stages of development.
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