Foreign direct investment: using network analysis to understand the position of Portugal in a global FDI network

Filipa Lima; Flávio L.  Pinheiro; João Falcão Silva; Pedro Matos

Foreign direct investment: using network analysis to understand the position of Portugal in a global FDI network

Filipa Lima, Flávio L. Pinheiro, João Falcão Silva, Pedro Matos

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Abstract

Understanding the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) is of utmost importance in a world economy of increasingly interdependent economies. However, the lack of an unified data source of FDI covering a long time frame has posed serious challenges to its analysis. In this article we apply methods of network analysis to build a representation of the global FDI relationships. We show how the network representation of the global FDI can be used to identify patterns, identify preferential paths for investment, establish trends and describe the relations between countries over time. We present the results by using specific visualisation tools that graphically illustrate the interlinkages between the economies, and that can be a valuable instrument for the design and deployment of regulating instruments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Bridging measurement challenges and analytical needs of external statistics: evolution or revolution?
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the IFC Conference on external statistics, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-18 February 2020
Publisher	Bank of International Settlements
Pages	1-16
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-92-9259-421-3
Publication status	Published - Feb 2020
Event	IFC Conference on external statistics: Bridging measurement challenges and analytical needs of external statistics: evolution or revolution? - Lisboa, Portugal Duration: 17 Feb 2020 → 18 Feb 2020 Conference number: 2020 https://www.bis.org/ifc/publ/ifcb52.htm

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Name	IFC Bulletin
Number	52
ISSN (Electronic)	1991-7511

Conference

Conference	IFC Conference on external statistics
Abbreviated title	IFC Conference
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisboa
Period	17/02/20 → 18/02/20
Internet address	https://www.bis.org/ifc/publ/ifcb52.htm

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Foreign direct investment
Network analysis
Visualisation tools

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Lima, F., Pinheiro, F. L., Silva, J. F., & Matos, P. (2020). Foreign direct investment: using network analysis to understand the position of Portugal in a global FDI network. In Bridging measurement challenges and analytical needs of external statistics: evolution or revolution?: Proceedings of the IFC Conference on external statistics, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-18 February 2020 (pp. 1-16). (IFC Bulletin; No. 52). Bank of International Settlements. https://ideas.repec.org/h/bis/bisifc/52-27.html

Lima, Filipa ; Pinheiro, Flávio L. ; Silva, João Falcão et al. / Foreign direct investment : using network analysis to understand the position of Portugal in a global FDI network. Bridging measurement challenges and analytical needs of external statistics: evolution or revolution?: Proceedings of the IFC Conference on external statistics, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-18 February 2020. Bank of International Settlements, 2020. pp. 1-16 (IFC Bulletin; 52).

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Lima, F, Pinheiro, FL, Silva, JF & Matos, P 2020, Foreign direct investment: using network analysis to understand the position of Portugal in a global FDI network. in Bridging measurement challenges and analytical needs of external statistics: evolution or revolution?: Proceedings of the IFC Conference on external statistics, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-18 February 2020. IFC Bulletin, no. 52, Bank of International Settlements, pp. 1-16, IFC Conference on external statistics, Lisboa, Portugal, 17/02/20. <https://ideas.repec.org/h/bis/bisifc/52-27.html>

Foreign direct investment : using network analysis to understand the position of Portugal in a global FDI network. / Lima, Filipa; Pinheiro, Flávio L. ; Silva, João Falcão et al.

Bridging measurement challenges and analytical needs of external statistics: evolution or revolution?: Proceedings of the IFC Conference on external statistics, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-18 February 2020. Bank of International Settlements, 2020. p. 1-16 (IFC Bulletin; No. 52).

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Lima F, Pinheiro FL, Silva JF, Matos P. Foreign direct investment: using network analysis to understand the position of Portugal in a global FDI network. In Bridging measurement challenges and analytical needs of external statistics: evolution or revolution?: Proceedings of the IFC Conference on external statistics, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-18 February 2020. Bank of International Settlements. 2020. p. 1-16. (IFC Bulletin; 52).

Foreign direct investment: using network analysis to understand the position of Portugal in a global FDI network

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