Effects on China and ASEAN of the ASEAN-China FTA: The FDI perspective

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• 作者：Qiaomin Li^a ; ^{q.li@auckland.ac.nz" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Robert Scollay^b ; ^{r.scollay@auckland.ac.nz" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sholeh Maani^c ; ^{s.maani@auckland.ac.nz" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：F13 ; F14 ; F15
• 刊名：Journal of Asian Economics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：44
• 期：Complete
• 页码：1-19
• 全文大小：1145 K

文摘

The ASEAN-China FTA (ACFTA) is a significant step in regional economic integration for both China and the ASEAN countries. While analysis of the effects of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) most commonly focuses on the trade effects, the closeness of the link between trade and investment implies that the effect of an FTA on foreign direct investment (FDI) is also potentially significant. FTAs may stimulate FDI through the effects of market expansion and vertical fragmentation, while they may also reduce FDI through a plant rationalization effect. The overall effect of an FTA on FDI flows is an empirical question. This paper examines the impact of ACFTA on FDI flows through an econometric model that captures the influence of East Asian production networks on FDI, which we expect to be an important explanatory factor. The model finds that ACFTA has a significant and positive effect on FDI flows. A brief survey of the theoretical literature on the welfare and other related effects of FDI serves to emphasize that the extent to which individual member countries of the ACFTA will benefit from this increase in FDI will depend in important ways on the policies pursued in each country.