TY  - BOOK
AU  - CAVALARRI, Lilia
AU  - DÁDDONA, Stefano
TI  - Business cycle determinants of US foreign direct investments
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - FDI
KW  - business cycle
KW  - cyclical output
N2  - This article investigates the role of output fluctuations and exchange rate volatility in driving US FDIs. Using a sample of 46 economies over the period 1982 to 2009, we provide the evidence of a positive relation between US FDI and host country's cyclical conditions. Allowing for asymmetry over the business cycle, we find that the output elasticity of foreign investments is higher in booms than in recessions. An increase in exchange rate volatility, on the other hand, has a strong deterrent effect on US foreign investments. This effect is fairly stable over the business cycle
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.767971
ER  -