Do Deep Trade Agreements Boost Vertical FDI?

Alberto Osnago, Nadia Rocha and Michele Ruta

The World Bank Economic Review, 2017, vol. 30, issue Supplement_1, S119-S125

Abstract: An increasing number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and the rise of offshore production are distinctive features of the modern world economy. Exploiting the WTO database on the content of deep trade agreements, we build on the existing literature to investigate whether deep trade agreements between countries are related to vertical foreign direct investment (FDI). Specifically, we show that deeper trade agreements increase vertical FDI measured with a proxy constructed in Osnago, Rocha and Ruta (2015) with data on foreign firm ownership and subsidiaries’ revenues available in the ORBIS database.

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Date: 2017
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