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A new index to measure geopolitical fragmentation in global greenfield foreign direct investment

Lukas Boeckelmann, Isabella Moder and Tajda Spital

Boeckelmann, L. & Moder, I. & Spital, T., “A new index to measure geopolitical fragmentation in global greenfield foreign direct investment,” VoxEU, November 2024 (2024).

Shoring discussion by region

NL Analytics supplies Figure 1’s supporting textual indicator: regional averages of earnings-call exposure to friendshoring, nearshoring, onshoring and reshoring terms. The article’s main FDI fragmentation index uses fDi Markets and a gravity model.

Study coverage
Quarterly regional earnings-call exposure, with observations through 2024 Q1.
Data and materials
Average share of sentences containing shoring-related terms

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