Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/88048 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 491
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, Washington, DC
Abstract: 
The role of regional integration agreements as a determinant of the location of FDI has become an increasingly relevant issue for emerging economies. In Latin America, the largest effects are likely to be associated with the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). In this regard, there are a number of highly relevant questions: For instance, what effect will the FTAA have on FDI from the US and Canada to Latin American countries? How will it affect FDI from the rest of the world? What are the implications for a country such as Mexico, whose preferential access to the US may be diluted? Should we expect to see winners and losers, and if so, what determines whether a particular country wins or loses? To address these questions, in this paper we look at the impact of regional integration on FDI, and attempt to derive conclusions regarding the likely impact of the FTAA on countries in Latin America.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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