Effects of foreign investment and competitiveness in trade and productivity of Latin American countries

 

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Autors: Valenzuela-Klagges, Bárbara, Fuenzalida-O’Shee, Darcy
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Estat:Versión publicada
Data de publicació:2020
Descripció:The objective of the study is to determine the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and competitiveness on bilateral trade of Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru) with their main commercial destinations for the 2006-2012 period.  In the second stage, the article analyzes how trade and FDI affect Latin American productivity. Since the commercial flow of a country with the rest of the world and its competitiveness are endogenous variables, an extended gravitational model will be applied in two stages and estimated using static panel data. In conclusion, the greater FDI and global competitive achievement of a Latin American country, the greater its bilateral trade. In addition, in the second stage, it is confirmed that commercial opening directly influences the productivity of these countries which, together with FDI, guarantees a sustained increase in productivity.
Pais:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/13817
Accés en línia:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/economia/article/view/13817
Paraula clau:Commerce
FDI
Competitiveness
Gravitational Model
Productivity
Latin America
Comercio
IED
Competitividad
Modelo Gravitacional
Productividad
Latinoamérica
Comércio
IDE
Competitividade
Produtividade
América Latina