Economic determinants of inter- and intra-FDI in East Asia

Hsiang-Chih HWANG; Jesús SEADE

doi:10.1142/S1793969013500088

Economic determinants of inter- and intra-FDI in East Asia

Hsiang-Chih HWANG, Jesús SEADE

Department of Economics

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Abstract

The authors searched for economic determinants of bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI) in 15 East and Southeast Asian economies between 1990 and 2005. Estimation results from a gravity model using market access, comparative advantage and policy-driven incentives as variables suggest that multinational companies inside and outside the region had dissimilar FDI incentives and concerns regarding relative factor costs, import duties, geographic distance, and language. In addition, the results suggest a positive relationship between increased regional trade and FDI in East and Southeast Asia.

Original language	English
Article number	1350008
Journal	China Economic Policy Review
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793969013500088
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2014

Keywords

East Asia
Southeast Asia
foreign direct investment
multinational corporations
regional trade

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