The proliferation of free trade agreements around the world has accentuated the role of preferential rules of origin (RoO) in global companies¿ sourcing and investment decisions. However, there are few theoretical and practically no empirical analyses on the effects of RoO on foreign direct investment (FDI). This paper strives to shed light on the relationship between RoO and FDI. We put forth a set of hypotheses on the impact of RoO on FDI, and perform an empirical exercise on the effects of RoO of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on FDI in 122 Mexican manufacturing industries 1994-2000. The findings indicate that NAFTA RoO have played a central role in foreign investors' cost assessments of locating production to Mexico, an...
Despite the growing importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Mexican economy, statistica...
This paper investigates the welfare effect of forming free trade agreements (FTAs) in an internation...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been growing rapidly, at a pace far exceeding the growth in inte...
The proliferation of free trade agreements around the world has accentuated the role of preferential...
All preferential trading agreements (PTAs) short of a customs union use Rules of Origin (RoO) to pre...
This chapter estimates the effect of NAFTA’s rules of origin (ROO) on Mexican access to the US marke...
All preferential trading agreements (PTAs) short of a customs union use Rules of Origin (RoO) to pre...
The paper estimates the e¤ect of NAFTAs rules of origin (ROO) on Mexican access to the US market tre...
The paper estimates the e¤ect of NAFTA’s rules of origin (ROO) on Mexican access to the US market tr...
All preferential trading agreements (PTAs) short of a customs union use Rules of Origin (RoO) to pre...
We investigate how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has altered the pattern of foreig...
In this thesis I have examined the role of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in fuelling hostcountrie...
The recent increase in foreign capital flows into developing countries has coincided with a new wave...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) research has generally focused on inward FDI to large, developed nat...
Preferential market access, either in the recent OECD initiatives or in the North-South FTAs require...
Despite the growing importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Mexican economy, statistica...
This paper investigates the welfare effect of forming free trade agreements (FTAs) in an internation...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been growing rapidly, at a pace far exceeding the growth in inte...
The proliferation of free trade agreements around the world has accentuated the role of preferential...
All preferential trading agreements (PTAs) short of a customs union use Rules of Origin (RoO) to pre...
This chapter estimates the effect of NAFTA’s rules of origin (ROO) on Mexican access to the US marke...
All preferential trading agreements (PTAs) short of a customs union use Rules of Origin (RoO) to pre...
The paper estimates the e¤ect of NAFTAs rules of origin (ROO) on Mexican access to the US market tre...
The paper estimates the e¤ect of NAFTA’s rules of origin (ROO) on Mexican access to the US market tr...
All preferential trading agreements (PTAs) short of a customs union use Rules of Origin (RoO) to pre...
We investigate how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has altered the pattern of foreig...
In this thesis I have examined the role of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in fuelling hostcountrie...
The recent increase in foreign capital flows into developing countries has coincided with a new wave...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) research has generally focused on inward FDI to large, developed nat...
Preferential market access, either in the recent OECD initiatives or in the North-South FTAs require...
Despite the growing importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Mexican economy, statistica...
This paper investigates the welfare effect of forming free trade agreements (FTAs) in an internation...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been growing rapidly, at a pace far exceeding the growth in inte...