PUBLICATIONS

Multi-nationals, FATS and FDI

Inward and Outward FATS relations can be shown as in the picture below. The variables requested for FATS are number of enterprises, turnover, number of persons employed, value added at factor cost, gross investment in tangible goods, personnel costs, production value, total purchases of goods and services, purchases of goods and services for resale, total intra-mural R&D expenditure, and total number of R&D personnel.

Publications

Books
  • FATS Recommendations Manual - 2009 - Eurostat
  • Benchmark Definition of th edition 2008FDI - 4
  • World Investment Report 2011
  • World Investment Report 2010
Articles, Chapters, Presentations and Working Papers
  • Importers, Exporters and Multi-nationals
  • New perspectives and new data for the empirical analysis of the globalisation of the industry

Books

FATS Recommendations Manual 2009

Eurostat

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This manual provides a common methodological framework for anyone working on the collection, compilation, transmission and analysis of FATS. As such, it will make significant contributions to data quality and comparability. The target audience are FATS compilers, including statisticians in National Statistical Institutes, National Central Banks, Eurostat and other international organisations. The manual can be used also by users as background information...(more)






OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment 4th Edition 2008

OECD

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Financial markets have evolved into a more globally integrated framework as a result of increasing liberalisation of exchange controls and market access. This integration, accelerated by increasing competition amongst market participants, has led to the introduction of new financial instruments with broad market access and lower transaction costs, attracting investors of many nationalities and countries (economies)...(more)





World Investment Report 2011

UNCTAD

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Global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose modestly by 5 per cent, to reach $1.24 trillion in 2010. While global industrial output and world trade are already back to their pre-crisis levels, FDI flows in 2010 remained some 15 per cent below their pre-crisis average, and nearly 37 per cent below their 2007 peak. UNCTAD predicts FDI flows will continue their recovery to reach $1.4–1.6 trillion, or the pre-crisis level, in 2011. They are expected to rise further to $1.7 trillion in 2012 and reach $1.9 trillion in 2013.. .(more)




World Investment Report 2010

UNCTAD

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Trade, like every other aspect of the economy, has been deeply affected by the global recession that started to emerge in the wake of the 2008 .nancial crisis. As this book goes to press, we are projecting a decline in world trade for the .rst time since 1982. Trade is not at the origin of the crisis, but since it binds economies closely together, it helps to spread developments from one country to another – the negative developments as well as the positive. Weakening consumption and investment reduce demand for exports, a matter of critical importance for most countries, and particularly those whose economic development strategies rely on export-led growth…(more)


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Articles, Chapters, Presentations and Working Papers

Importers, Exporters, and Multi-nationals

Peterson institute

A newly developed dataset permits examination of new dimensions of firm activity, including how many products firms trade, how many countries firms trade with, the characteristics of those countries, the concentration of trade across firms, whether firms transact at arm’s length or with related parties, and whether firms import as well as export. Firms that trade goods play an important role in the United States, employing more than a third of the US workforce. The most globally engaged US firms...(more)

Partner: Peterson Institute for International Economics

New perspectives and new data for the empirical analysis of the globalisation of the industry

Italy

photo Do you think this project is relevant for both analytical purposes and policy implications? Which is the best way to achieve consistent and internationally comparable empirical results based on national level micro analysis? Do you plan to joint this project, even over time and with intermediate goals (simplified dataset)?...(more)






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