Abstract
Statistical analysis of foreign direct investment in the United States reveals source country differences in interstate location. We relate these differences to the knowledge foreign investors have of the United States. Regression analysis indicates a significant concentration of foreign investment from individual countries in larger states and in border states. Worldwide investment in the United States does not show these preferences. Investment from Japan and Canada accounted for most of the interstate dispersal of foreign employment in the 1980s.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 272-285 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Professional Geographer |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1992 |
Keywords
- Foreign direct investment
- Location
- Nation-specific information
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Earth-Surface Processes