Export Platforms and the Industry-Specific FDI-Trade Relationship

Tadesse, Bedassa; Ryan, Michael

doi:2005.20.4.644

The Journal of Economic Integration 2005 December;20(4) :644-671.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11130/jei.2005.20.4.644

Export Platforms and the Industry-Specific FDI-Trade Relationship

Bedassa Tadesse, Michael Ryan,

University of Minnesota-Duluth
Western Michigan University

ABSTRACT

This paper examines how the industry-level FDI-export sales relationship is affected by the host nation’s status as an “export platform” (EP). Using Japanese FDI and export sales data into 35 host countries during the period 1989-1998 for 7 ISIC 2-digit industries, we find that the FDI-export sales relationship is industry-specific and sensitive to the host’s export platform status. Without accounting for the host’s EP status, we find a complementary relationship between FDI and export sales in some industries and a substitution between FDI and export sales in others. However, accounting for the host’s EP status changes the FDI-export sales relationship in several industries, implying that the FDI-export sales interaction is sensitive to the EP status of the FDI host countries.

JEL Classifications: F14, F23

Keywords: FDI | Trade | Export Platforms | Manufacturing Exports | Japan

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