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1、本科毕业论文外文翻译外文题目:BehaviouralDeterminantsOfforeignDirectInvestment出处:UniversityofBath作者:RicardoPinheiroAlves原文:BehavioralDeterminationOfForeignDirectInvestmentPicardoPinheiroAlvesAbstractThepaperpresentsabehaviouraleconomicsapproachtoforeigndirectinvestment.Startingfrombehaviouralfinancetheory,
2、itusescontentanalysisfrominterviewsmadetoPortuguesemanagerswithinvestmentsabroad.Thestudypresentsevidenceofherding,anchoring,overconfidence,mentalaccountingandotherbehaviourrulesinfirms’locationdecisionsthatoriginateasetofdeterminantsofFDIflowsandcomplementtheneoclassicalparadigm.Moreover,it
3、confirmstheHeinermodel(1983,1985,1989)byshowingthatthehighertheuncertaintyfacedbydecisionmakersthemorefrequentwillbetheuseofbehaviouralrules.ThecentralroleofuncertaintyhelpsexplainwhyFDIflowsoccurmorefrequentlyamongdevelopedcountries.1.IntroductionFDItheoryhasbeendevelopingonapartial-equilib
4、riumbasisanditsempiricalanalysisisoftennotconclusiveindicatingthattherearemanydeterminantsofFDIdecisionsandtheirrolevarieswithcontext(countries,firmsandsoon–Blonigen,2005).Buttheoryseldomconsiderstheroleofmanagerswithinthedecisionmakingprocess.Psychologistsrecognizethatmanagers,ashumanbeings
5、ingeneral,haveseveralmotivationalfactorsthatareeitherintrinsictotheirpersonalityorshapedbytheirenvironmentandmayhavemultipleandchangingobjectivesthatareoftencontradictory(FreyandEichenberger,2001).Valuesaresubjecttochoicesandchangewiththepersonalexperienceofindividuals.Thischangeinvaluesmodi
6、fiestheobjectivesthatindividualsattempttoattain(Akerlof,1983).Giventhatmanagershavechecksontheirperformance(fromcompetition,shareholders,customersandemployees)theyoftendomaketheirchoicesmorecarefullythanasiftheyactedasindividuals.Butmanagersarenotimmunetomoral,culturalandothersocialinfluence
7、susuallydisregardedbytheeconomicliterature.Moreover,thebehaviouralfinanceliteraturehasshown(e.g.Shiller,2003)thatsimplerdecisionsinequitymarketsorportfolioinvestmentcannotbetotallyexplainedbyaneoclassicalapproach.Thus,theroleofmanagersseemssuitable