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Foreign Direct Investment and International Portfolio Investment

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As discussed in Chap. 4, FDI involves a significant degree of control and/or management in a corporation or other entities located in a foreign country with a long lasting interest. Estimation of FDI figures by the IMF involves three terms: direct investment enterprises, direct investors, and direct investment capital in foreign countries.

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Wang, P. (2020). Foreign Direct Investment and International Portfolio Investment. In: The Economics of Foreign Exchange and Global Finance. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59271-7_19

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