This paper analyzes the evolution of foreign direct investment [FDI] inflows for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA]. We focus especially on the impact of its creation in 1994 on FDI performances for each member of the organization. On the whole, the results are twofold....

As all the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, Morocco has been engaged into euro-mediterranean agreements to increase international investors trust. Another objective was to influence Multinational firms localisation choices,, as these firms are seen to be the main way to develop...

Ce travail analyse les effets des investissements directs étrangers sur les investissements domestiques. L’étude empirique est construite sur la base du modèle théorique d’Agosin et Mayer (2001). Deux hypothèses nous intéressent particulièrement : (i) l’une stipule que les firmes...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of environmental regulations on the location choices by French firms of their industrial activities. We examine a sample of 3,856 import flows of French firms from foreign industrial subsidiaries in 1999. We first observe that the most pollution...

We estimate the amount of job losses in the manufacturing sector in France due to offshore outsourcing. Our estimation is based on exhaustive, micro-level data covering all firms in the manufacturing sector in France from 1995 to 2001. We identify the groups or firms where employment decreases...

Cet article se propose d’étudier l’impact de l’investissement direct étranger de plateforme d’exportation sur la production industrielle locale. L’influence de ce type d’investissement est vue à travers l’effet de concurrence et les retombées technologiques. Le modèle...