Enjoy the silence? (De)globalization and cross-border investment – a gravity approach

Ana Abeliansky (), Christian Alexander Belabed and Julian Mayrhuber ()
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Ana Abeliansky: Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Julian Mayrhuber: Oesterreichische Nationalbank

OeNB Bulletin, 2024, issue Q2/2024-3

Abstract: Amidst increasing geopolitical tensions and the growing discourse on “deglobalization,” we study how geopolitical (de)alignment correlates with one of the main drivers of globalization – cross-border investment. Extending a gravity model with data on voting behavior at the United Nations General Assembly, we find that an increase of geopolitical dealignment is associated with a decline in both foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment (PI). The decline is stronger for FDI. The relevance of geopolitical dealignment to FDI has increased after the financial crisis, suggesting that geopolitical considerations are becoming increasingly important for foreign capital allocation. While an increase in the geopolitical distance between “nonfriendly” country pairs is associated with a significant decline in cross-border investment, our results do not show such a strong relation for “friendly” country pairs, indicating that geopolitical differences between “friendly” countries do not immediately lead to a reduction of bilateral investment. Overall, our findings suggest that continued geopolitical fragmentation is likely to lead to a decline in cross-border investment.

Keywords: capital flows; cross-border investment; deglobalization; geopolitical fragmentation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 F21 F36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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