Investment Liberalization and International Trade

37 Pages Posted: 20 Sep 2002

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Mary Amiti

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Trade Unit; University of Melbourne - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Katharine Wakelin

University of Nottingham - School of Economics

Date Written: August 2002

Abstract

This Paper estimates the cross-price elasticity of exports with respect to investment costs for bilateral relations between 36 countries. We show that the effect of reducing foreign direct investment costs on exports depends on country characteristics and trade costs as predicted by the Markusen (1997, 2002) model. When countries differ in relative factor endowments and trade costs are low, investment liberalization stimulates exports, whereas when countries are similar in terms of relative factor endowments and size, and trade costs are moderate to high, investment liberalization reduces exports.

Keywords: Exports, foreign direct investment, international trade, investment costs, investment liberalization

JEL Classification: F12, F14, F23

Suggested Citation

Amiti, Mary and Wakelin, Katharine, Investment Liberalization and International Trade (August 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=331523

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