Multinationals and Foreign Investment in Economic Development

PRADEEP AGRAWAL Doctor, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, India ASHOK DEO BARDHAN Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, USAKJETIL BJORVATN Professor, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, NorwayMARTA CASTILHO Doctor, Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brazil BÉNÉDICTE COESTIER Professor, Université de Paris X, FranceCARSTEN ECKEL Profesor, Department of Economics, Universität Göttingen, GermanyCEZAR GUEDES Professor, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJOSÉ DE GREGORIO Doctor, Banco Central de Chile, Chile SUBRATA GUPTA Doctor, Jogamaya Devi College, University of Calcutta, IndiaMATTEO IANNIZZOTTO Doctor, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Durham, UK DWIGHT JAFFEE Profesor, Haas School of Business, University of California, USANAGESH KUMAR Doctor, Research and Information Systems, IndiaNIGEL J. MILLER Doctor, Department of Economics, University of York, UK MARIO GOMES OLIVARES Professor, Universidade Técnica de Lisboã, Portugal SERGE PERRIN Doctor, Agence Française de Devélopement and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, FranceJAYA PRAKASH PRADHAN Professor, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharal Nehru University, IndiaSOLEDAD ZIGNAGO Doctor, Université de Paris I, France

• Introduction. Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: Where Do We Now Stand? ; E.M.Graham On Intra-Firm Trade and Multinationals: Offshoring and Foreign Outsourcing in Manufacturing; A.D.Bardhan & D.Jaffee Foreign Direct Investment, Externalities and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Some Empirical Explorations; N.Kumar & J.K.Pradhan Technical Spillovers and Export-Platform FDI; K.Bjorvatn & C.Eckel Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia: Impact on Growth and Local Investment; P.Agrawal The Internationalization of Korean Firms: Strategic Interaction and Tariff-Jumping When Quality Matters; B.Coestier & S.Perrin Foreign Direct Investment, Trade and Integration in Mercosur; M.Castilho & S.Zignago The Effect of Exchange-Rate Uncertainty on Foreign Direct Investment in the United Kingdom; M.Iannizzotto & N.J.Miller The Role of Foreign Direct Investment and Natural Resources in Economic Development; J.de Gregorio Multinationals and Foreign Direct Investment in India and China; S.Gupta Portuguese Investment in Brazil: The Challenges of an Iberian Logic; C.Guedes and M.G.Olivares