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Policies and International Integration Influences on Trade and Foreign Direct Investment

Title
Policies and International Integration [electronic resource]: Influences on Trade and Foreign Direct Investment / Giuseppe Nicoletti ... [et al]
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Nicoletti, Giuseppe.
  • Golub, Steve.
  • Hajkova, Dana.
  • Mirza, Daniel.
  • Yoo, Kwang-Yeol.
Description
127 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
Summary
This paper assesses the importance of border and non-border policies for global economic integration. The focus is on four widely-advocated policies: removing explicit restrictions to trade and FDI; promoting domestic competition; improving the adaptability of labour markets; and ensuring adequate levels of infrastructure capital. The analysis covers FDI and trade in both goods and services, thus aiming to account for the most important channels of globalisation and dealing with most modes of cross-border services supply. It first describes trends in trade, FDI and the four sets of policies using a large set of structural policy indicators recently constructed by the OECD, including the new summary indicators for FDI-specific regulations described in Golub (2003). It then estimates the impact of policies on bilateral trade and bilateral and multilateral FDI. The results highlight that, despite extensive liberalisation over the past two decades, there is scope for further reducing ...
Series Statement
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.359
Uniform Title
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.359.
Subject
Economics
LCCN
10.1787/062321126487
OCLC
oecd-lib
Title
Policies and International Integration [electronic resource]: Influences on Trade and Foreign Direct Investment / Giuseppe Nicoletti ... [et al]
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.
Series
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.359
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.359.
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Full text online available onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Economics
Added Author
Nicoletti, Giuseppe.
Golub, Steve.
Hajkova, Dana.
Mirza, Daniel.
Yoo, Kwang-Yeol.
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/062321126487 doi
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