Corruption and FDI in Brazil: Contesting the “Sand” or “Grease” Hypotheses

Registro completo de metadados
MetadadosDescriçãoIdioma
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)-
Autor(es): dc.creatorOnody, Vanessa da Silva Mariotto-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCarvalho, Ana Catarina Gandra de-
Autor(es): dc.creatorPolloni-Silva, Eduardo-
Autor(es): dc.creatorRoiz, Guilherme Augusto-
Autor(es): dc.creatorMariano, Enzo Barberio-
Autor(es): dc.creatorRebelatto, Daisy Aparecida Nascimento-
Autor(es): dc.creatorMoralles, Herick Fernando-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2025-08-21T15:28:58Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2025-08-21T15:28:58Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2023-03-01-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2023-03-01-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2022-05-01-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14106288-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/241075-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/11449/241075-
Descrição: dc.descriptionForeign Direct Investment (FDI) is seen as a significant driver of economic growth and a potential ally in the struggle against poverty and inequality, making emerging countries focus on attracting this type of investment. Thus, understanding factors that impact the concentration of regional FDI is essential to verifying which characteristics encourage or deter foreign investment. Likewise, the literature has explored institutional factors such as corruption as determining factors for the concentration of FDI. Within this framework, this study aims to empirically examine the sensitivity of multinational enterprises (MNEs) to corruption. Few studies have been carried out on this subject, mainly in Latin American economies. We employ a unique Brazilian municipality-level FDI database to investigate whether corruption hinders (i.e., corruption acting as “sand”) or promotes the concentration of foreign investment (i.e., corruption acting like “grease”). Additionally, we believe that analyzing different economic sectors is essential to deepening the knowledge about the impacts of corruption on FDI. Our results show that corruption acts as “grease” for both overall FDI and at the level of individual sectors. Finally, when taking a non-linear approach, our findings show that corruption acts as grease for FDI only in regions with intermediate (medium–low) levels of corruption.-
Descrição: dc.descriptionCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)-
Descrição: dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Production Engineering (DEP) Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), SP-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Production Engineering University of São Paulo (USP), SP-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Production Engineering School of Engineering of Bauru São Paulo State University (UNESP), Campus Bauru, SP-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Production Engineering School of Engineering of Bauru São Paulo State University (UNESP), Campus Bauru, SP-
Descrição: dc.descriptionCAPES: 001-
Descrição: dc.descriptionFAPESP: 2019/19905-0-
Descrição: dc.descriptionFAPESP: 2020/06473-1-
Idioma: dc.languageen-
Relação: dc.relationSustainability (Switzerland)-
???dc.source???: dc.sourceScopus-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectBrazil-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectcorruption-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectForeign Direct Investment (FDI)-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectsand and grease-
Título: dc.titleCorruption and FDI in Brazil: Contesting the “Sand” or “Grease” Hypotheses-
Tipo de arquivo: dc.typelivro digital-
Aparece nas coleções:Repositório Institucional - Unesp

Não existem arquivos associados a este item.