Resource discoveries and FDI bonanzas

This paper examines the examines the effect of giant oil and gas discoveries on foreign direct investment in developing economies using a new project-level dataset. We document a large increase in non-extraction FDI in the 2 years following a giant discovery, an event which is unpredictable due to t...

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Main Authors: Toews, G, Vezina, P
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2016