Although empirical evidence shows that the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade is complex, theories of international investment (both vertical and horizontal) present simple patterns of relation.By allowing for different locations of vertically-related stages of...

In a regional integration area two processes take place simultaneously: the fall of trade costs and the regional convergence of per capita of the countries. The impact of these trends upon the location of the productive activity is examined through a static two person noncooperative game where...

Although empirical evidence shows that the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade is complex, theories of international investment (both vertical and horizontal) present simple patterns of relation.By allowing for different locations of vertically-related stages of...