Foreign Direct Investment in Applied General Equilibrium Models: Overview of the Literature

Global applied general equilibrium (AGE) models focus on the interactions between regional product markets. Many of these models are developed to represent trade flows and evaluate trade policies. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign commercial presence are ignored in most of them, although sales by foreign affiliates sometimes exceed the value of trade flows. This paper gives an overview of the scarce literature on modelling FDI in AGE models. Modelling options, data availability and simulation results are reviewed. Some conclusions are drawn for future work.