FDI and trade: complements and substitutes

This paper presents a non-monotonic relationship between foreign direct investment and trade based on the idea that, although FDI eliminates trade costs on the final good, the investing firm has to bear increased trade costs on an intermediate good.

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pontes, José Pedro (author)
Formato: workingPaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2010
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2612
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2612
Descrição
Resumo:This paper presents a non-monotonic relationship between foreign direct investment and trade based on the idea that, although FDI eliminates trade costs on the final good, the investing firm has to bear increased trade costs on an intermediate good.