Papers by Alessandro Montrone
As a result, fostering entrepreneurship has become a key element of several development programs ... more As a result, fostering entrepreneurship has become a key element of several development programs around the world. This thesis, attempts to identify the determinants of export versus FDI from a developing country. More specifically, we study how the decision maker's attitudes and personal characteristics can be relevant in determining them. We do so by using experimental economic methodology, which allow us to identify and better figure out what are the main individual determinants, which push business manager toward FDI rather than export. The thesis was developed in collaboration with UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The experiments were conducted in Panama, on October 2016. The results suggest that gender, risk aversion and previous international experiences matter for FDI at the individual level. Finally, our protocol allows us to provide a further contribute in understanding how training program can get better and what are the main determinants the training program should work on in order to enable an international mind-set in would-be entrepreneurs. From the collaboration with UNCTAD, some interesting answers to the research questions emerged.
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Papers by Alessandro Montrone