Regional Integration and Foreign Direct Investment

Magnus Blomström () and Ari Kokko
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Magnus Blomström: European Institute of Japanese Studies, Postal: Stockholm School of Economics, P.O. Box 6501, 113 83 Stockholm, Sweden

No 172, SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance from Stockholm School of Economics

Abstract: This paper deals with the investment effects of regional integration agreements and discusses how such arrangements may affect inward and outward foreign direct investment flows in the integrating region. After setting up a conceptual framework for the analysis, we provide three studies focusing on different kinds of regional integration: North-North integration (Canada joining CUSFTA), North-South integration (Mexico’s accession to NAFTA), and South-South integration (MERCOSUR). The main conclusion of the study is that the responses to an integration agreement largely depend on the environmental change brought about by the agreement and the locational advantages of the participating countries and industries. Moreover, the findings suggest that the most positive impact on FDI has occurred when regional integration agreements have coincided with domestic liberalization and macroeconomic stabilization in the member countries.

Keywords: Regional integration; FDI; MNCs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 1997-05
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