TY - UNPB
T1 - FDI as an Export-Platform
T2 - a gravity model for the Danish agri-food industry
AU - Hajderllari, Luljeta
AU - Karantininis, Konstantinos
AU - Lawson, Lartey Godwin
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We investigate factors affecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outflow from Danish agrifood firms to the rest of the world. We develop a conceptual model and subsequently use a gravity model based on data from 127 countries receiving Danish FDI in agri-food in 2004-2008. We find higher Danish FDI towards countries with large exports of agri-food, thereby supporting the hypothesis that FDI is used as an export-platform. FDI is coupled with high exports from Denmark, probably of raw or semi-processed food products for further processing and exports. We also find that FDI is higher in countries with stable political regimes.
AB - We investigate factors affecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outflow from Danish agrifood firms to the rest of the world. We develop a conceptual model and subsequently use a gravity model based on data from 127 countries receiving Danish FDI in agri-food in 2004-2008. We find higher Danish FDI towards countries with large exports of agri-food, thereby supporting the hypothesis that FDI is used as an export-platform. FDI is coupled with high exports from Denmark, probably of raw or semi-processed food products for further processing and exports. We also find that FDI is higher in countries with stable political regimes.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - FOI Working Paper
BT - FDI as an Export-Platform
PB - Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
CY - Frederiksberg
ER -