Does WTO accession matter for the dynamics of foreign direct investment and trade?

Pham Thi Hong Hanh
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Pham Thi Hong Hanh: LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - Nantes Univ - IAE Nantes - Nantes Université - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - Nantes Université - pôle Sociétés - Nantes Univ - Nantes Université

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Abstract: The aim of this article is to study the impacts of World Trade Organization accession on the dynamics of foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade in Vietnam. In order to do this, we employ an augmented gravity model and use a panel data set covering bilateral trade and FDI between Vietnam and its 17 most important partner countries, over the period 1990–2008. Firstly, we find that WTO accession has a significantly positive effect both on Vietnam's imports and on inward FDI. Secondly, even though we find no evidence to demonstrate convincingly that WTO accession influences Vietnam's exports, this accession seems to indirectly encourage Vietnam's exports through the FDI channel due to a strong connection between these two.

Keywords: WTO Accession; Trade; FDI; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-04-15
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Published in Economics of Transition, 2011, 19 (2), pp.255-285. ⟨10.1111/j.1468-0351.2010.00405.x⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2010.00405.x

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