LOCATIONAL DETERMINANTS OF US FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS IN LATIN AMERICA

Luis Padilla and Timothy Richards

No 21514, 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: As US investment in food processors abroad grows, understanding the factors causing this growth is critical to US trade and investment policy. This study uses an ownership / location / internalization approach in finding market size and trade openness important determinants of US foreign direct investment in Latin American food and kindred products.

Keywords: Agribusiness; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.21514

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