In this paper we first document the growing importance of intra-East Asian trade in parts and components and capital goods facilitated by foreign direct investment (FDI). Japanese direct investment has a stronger influence on intra-East Asian trade relative to FDI from France and Germany. It is...

In this paper we compare and contrast the determinants of outward direct investment from China with those from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. We examine both descriptively as well as econometrically the various motives and factors behind the investment abroad from these four Asian economies. The...

This paper compares and contrasts the determinants of outward foreign direct investment from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with those of outward foreign direct investment from Japan, Republic of Korea, and Taipei, China.The paper examines descriptively and econometrically the motives...