Economic Integration, International Trade and the Role of Foreign Direct Investment

Economic Integration, International Trade and the Role of Foreign Direct Investment
Author: Joao Paulo Cerdeira Bento
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2009
Genre: International economic integration
ISBN: 3643100841

This volume provides a significant contribution to the understanding of the effects of foreign direct investment on trade. Through an investigation of the pattern and determinants of trade in Portuguese manufacturing, it demonstrates FDI's long term transforming effect and how it has the potential to transfer and embed knowledge within the EU through upgrading host economies. The volume will be of interest to academics, postgraduate students, researchers and policy makers.