Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204340 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
FOI Working Paper No. 2012/7
Publisher: 
University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO), Copenhagen
Abstract: 
We investigate factors affecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outflow from Danish agri-food firms to the rest of the world. We develop a conceptual model and subsequently use a gravity model based on data from 127 countries receiving Danish FDI in agri-food in 2004-2008. We find higher Danish FDI towards countries with large exports of agri-food, thereby supporting the hypothesis that FDI is used as an export-platform. FDI is coupled with high exports from Denmark, probably of raw or semi-processed food products for further processing and exports. We also find that FDI is higher in countries with stable political regimes.
Subjects: 
FDI
export-platform
Danish Agri-Food
gravity model
JEL: 
F14
F23
Q17
Q13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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