Holdings: Beyond Trade : The Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows

Beyond Trade : The Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows

The author investigates the effects of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on the net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows of member countries using a comprehensive database of PTAs in a panel setting. He finds that PTA membership is associated with a positive change in net FDI inflows, and the...

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Main Author:	Medvedev, Denis
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESSION AGREEMENTS ACCESSION COUNTRIES AGGREGATE TRADE AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF RATES AVERAGE TARIFFS BILATERAL INVESTMENT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL FLOWS CHANGES IN TRADE COMMON MARKET COMPETITION DISCIPLINES COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITION RULES COMPETITIVE PRESSURES CROSS-BORDER FINANCIAL FLOWS CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSES CROSS-COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION DEVELOPING NATIONS DIRECT INVESTMENT INFLOWS DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMS DOMESTIC FIRMS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELIMINATING TARIFFS EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTENDED MARKET EXTERNAL PROTECTION EXTERNAL TARIFF FDI FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM SIZE FOREIGN COUNTRY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FREE TRADE AREA GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY GLOBAL FREE TRADE GLOBAL LEVEL GRANGER CAUSALITY GRAVITY MODEL GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HARMONIZATION HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOST ECONOMY IMPORTED GOODS INCOME INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIALIZATION INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES INDUSTRY TRADE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERNAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CREATION INVESTMENT FLOWS INVESTMENT INFLOWS INVESTMENT LIBERALIZATION INVESTMENT PROVISIONS INVESTOR CONFIDENCE LIBERALIZATION COMMITMENTS LOCAL CONTENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MARGINAL EFFECT MARKET ACCESS MARKET POWER MARKET SIZE MARKET SIZE EFFECTS MEMBER COUNTRIES MERCHANDISE TRADE MERGERS MFN TARIFFS MIDDLE EASTERN MNE MNES MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF STANDARDS NATIONAL MARKETS NATIONAL TREATMENT NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS OPEN ECONOMIES OPENNESS POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL RISK PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENT PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS PREFERENTIAL LIBERALIZATION PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PREFERENTIAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION STRUCTURE REDUCTION OF BARRIERS REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM RULES OF ORIGIN SCALE ECONOMIES SHALLOW INTEGRATION TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF LINES TARIFF RATES TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE BALANCE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CREATING TRADE CREATION TRADE DIVERSION TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTENSITY TRADE MORE TRADE OPENNESS TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY VARIABLES TRADE THEORY TRADE VOLUMES TRADING PARTNERS UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION WORLD TRADE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7191052/beyond-trade-impact-preferential-trade-agreements-foreign-direct-investment-inflows http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8868

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7191052/beyond-trade-impact-preferential-trade-agreements-foreign-direct-investment-inflows
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8868

Beyond Trade : The Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows

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