The Conditional Arm of the Law: The Effect of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention on Foreign Direct Investment

• In Event: Emerging Issues in FDI Politics

Brief Overview

I study the effect of anti-bribery corporate policies imposed by home states on firms' outward investment. I find that the effect is null in clean host countries, positive in mildly corrupt ones, and negative where corruption is endemic.

Author

• Lorenzo Crippa, University of Essex