convergence of interests among state actors and non-state actors enhances the effectiveness of the World Trade Organization (WTO … Organization, World Bank and so forth? In general, the research is in a tight manner bound on the criteria and factors of the …

We quantify the relationships between deep trade liberalization and foreign direct investment (FDI). To this end, we … to (i) estimate the direct impact of DTAs on FDI, (ii) translate the partial DTA estimates into general equilibrium … effects on FDI; and (iii) obtain partial DTA effects on trade and quantify the impact of DTAs on FDI through trade. We obtain …

and World Development Indicator, respectively. The major findings that originated from this study are as follows. The lag … as net FDI inflows and trade openness brought about economic growth in the European countries. This shows that the impact …, implementation of the policies that stimulate sporadic inflows of FDI should be embarked upon. Similarly, trade openness of these …

of foreign direct investment (FDI), considering that the latter is an international technology diffusion channel …. Although FDI appears to be an important channel in the diffusion of technology models theoretically, empirical evidence related … to the effect of FDI on growth is ambiguous. By applying the approach of Ben-David (1996), which focuses on convergence …

exchange rate (REER), on the one hand, and trade openness, trade balance, the terms of trade, factor productivity, and exchange … depreciation of the REER. The other variables considered in the analysis-factor productivity, trade balance, terms of trade, and …