Description/Abstract
Recent research on trade and multinationals highlights a novel issue with multinational firms. In particular, their integration strategies are complex and the degree of vertical integration varies in a multilateral world with many possible locations of activity. Multinationals may choose some plants to serve consumers locally only, whereas others engage in trade. Overall, this may explain the fact that a high percentage of world trade is actually controlled by multinational firms, although most of the foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs within the block of developed countries. The most important regional trade agreements (RTAs) are signed between members of the very same block of economies. This gives rise to the question asked in the present paper: what is the impact of RTAs on FDI in an interdependent world? The paper focuses on the role of the Europe Agreements between the member countries of the European Union and ten Central and Eastern European countries. In doing so, recent spatial HAC estimation techniques are applied to both estimation and testing.
Document Type
Working Paper
Date
2007
Keywords
Regional trade agreements, Multinational firms, Spatial econometrics, Generalized moments (GM) estimators
Language
English
Series
Working Papers Series
Disciplines
International Economics
Recommended Citation
Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; and Pfaffermayr, Michael, "Estimating Regional Trade Agreement Effects on FDI in an Interdependent World" (2007). Center for Policy Research. 76.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/76
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