Investment responses to trade liberalization: impact of CKFTA

Adriana Bortoluzzo (), Camila de Freitas Souza Campos and Helder Albuquerque Vaz

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2024, vol. 29, issue 1, 190-205

Abstract: Using data from Canadian and Korean public companies available at Bloomberg, this study attempts to demonstrate the relationship between investment in establishments and trade liberalization, an effect caused mainly by increased competitiveness. This project contributes to the studies previously conducted on the subject and adds information regarding countries with different peculiarities, such as Canada, better known for being the main trading partner of the USA and major producer of commodities, and South Korea, which for some decades has invested to become a reference in technology and world innovation. In line with previous studies, a negative and statistically significant relationship was found between investment and trade liberalization, an effect that was verified mainly for those establishments that are far from the frontier of the sector in which they operate, and for the firms in the frontier this effect is positive.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2021.2009630

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