This paper presents a meta-analysis of the effects of economic diplomacy on international flows (trade and FDI). The tools of economic diplomacy under investigation in our study are: embassies, other foreign offices, investment promotion offices, export promotion offices, trade missions and...

This chapter investigates how economic diplomacy can be used to generate and increase economic security. The first section sets out a definition for economic diplomacy, uncovers some of the historical roots and discusses empirical findings on the trade - conflict - cooperation relationships. The...

We use an applied gravity model to assess the effect of economic diplomacy on the export of homogeneous, differentiated and reference priced goods. We take into account the possible heterogeneous effects economic diplomacy potentially has on trade between countries of different development...

Aid and trade are theoretically intertwined from a development economics perspective. The international community has however, organized responsibilities for aid and trade separately. Changing economic and political circumstances demands a rethinking of this pillar like approach. The shift in...

Abstract: Many countries have implemented economic diplomacy policies in an effort to support their firms in the internationalisation process. The channels through which these programs affect trade, the intensive margin or the extensive margin, were until now unknown. This paper aims to fill...

Contents: 1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Economic Diplomacy / Peter A.G. van Bergeijk and Selwyn J.V. Moons -- 2. (Economic) diplomacy: in need of a new paradigm? / Gorazd Justinek -- 3. Business diplomacy: its role for sustainable value chains / Désirée M. van Gorp -- 4. 25+...