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Does Inward FDI Create Comparative Advantage or is it Attracted to it?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K01600
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
Research InstitutionYokohama National University

Principal Investigator

Parsons Craig  横浜国立大学, 大学院国際社会科学研究院, 教授 (10334616)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
KeywordsFDI / greenfield / comparative advantage / Greenfield / Comparative Advantage / Vietnam / higher income countries / lower income countries / 海外駐在
Outline of Research at the Start

This research project will answer a long-standing puzzle in International Economics. The puzzle is, whether or not Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is attracted to host countries that already have a Comparative Advantage in the same sector, or whether instead, FDI changes and creates new Comparative Advantage in the host country in the sector of investment. The question will be answered using a global database of all new FDI transactions together with new estimates of the frontier econometric method to determine a country`s true Comparative Advantage.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Using detailed transactional level FDI data from FT and detailed local data from Vietnam we were able to identify and measure the degree to which FDI inflows have transformed Vietnam to an electronics giant. This is published in the J. A-P B (Taylor and Francis) Our second work resolves an old academic debate between comparative advantage and FDI. This is currently being re-submitted to an international journal for review.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Our first paper's findings are important to understand how countries like Vietnam came move up the technology ladder with respect to production and imports through more FDI.Our second paper's findings have deep policy implications for both high and lower income countries hoping to attract more FDI.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 9 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Queens University/City University of New York(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Brooklyn College/City University of New York(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Graduate Center/City University of New York(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Vietnam’s ascendancy in the electronics trade and the role of inward Foreign Direct Investment,2022

    • Author(s)
      Parsons, Craig and Vu Hong Ha
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Asia-Pacific Business

      Volume: 23-4 Issue: 4 Pages: 302-325

    • DOI

      10.1080/10599231.2022.2145625

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Vietnam’s ascendancy in the electronics trade and the role of inward Foreign Direct Investment2021

    • Author(s)
      VU, Hong Ha & PARSONS, Craig
    • Journal Title

      YNU CESSA Working Paper Series

      Volume: 2021-02 Pages: 1-32

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] Parsons, Craig2023

    • Author(s)
      The Effect of GVC Participation on Greenfield FDI: An Industry-level Analysis
    • Organizer
      Seoul National University, Inst Econ Research
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Effect of GVC Participation on Greenfield FDI: An Industry-level Analysis2022

    • Author(s)
      Vu Hong Ha and Parsons, Craig
    • Organizer
      Western Economic Association International (in person, USA)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Effect of GVC Participation on Greenfield FDI: An Industry-level Analysis2022

    • Author(s)
      Parsons, Craig
    • Organizer
      Vietnam National University webinar
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Effect of GVC Participation on Greenfield FDI: An Industry-level Analysis2022

    • Author(s)
      Parsons, Craig
    • Organizer
      East Asian Economic Association (venue: Malaysia)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Effect of GVC Participation on Greenfield FDI: An Industry-level Analysis2022

    • Author(s)
      Parsons, Craig
    • Organizer
      Japan Society of International Economics
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Japanese FTAs and their effects in the past, present and future2021

    • Author(s)
      PARSONS, Craig
    • Organizer
      International Economic Fluctuations (VNU, Hanoi) August 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Regression-based RCAs and FDI2021

    • Author(s)
      PARSONS, Craig
    • Organizer
      Western Economics Association International (Honolulu, Virtual) June 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Regression-based RCAs and FDI2021

    • Author(s)
      PARSONS, Craig
    • Organizer
      Western Economics Association International (Melbourne, Virtual) Mar 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Re-examining RCAs and FDI2021

    • Author(s)
      Craig Parsons
    • Organizer
      Western Economic Association International Melbourne (Virtual)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Vietnam’s Ascendancy in the Electronics Trade and the Role of Inward FDI2020

    • Author(s)
      Craig Parsons
    • Organizer
      Vietnam Academic Network in Japan Conference (Tokyo)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Regression-based RCAs and FDI2020

    • Author(s)
      Craig Parsons
    • Organizer
      Queens University, CUNY Faculty Seminar (USA)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Regression-based RCAs and FDI2020

    • Author(s)
      Craig Parsons
    • Organizer
      Rutgers University Economics Faculty Seminar (USA)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Revisiting the relationship between RCA and FDI2020

    • Author(s)
      Craig Parsons
    • Organizer
      Eastern Economic Association (Boston, USA)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Regression-based RCAs and FDI2019

    • Author(s)
      Craig Parsons
    • Organizer
      Rutgers University Faculty seminar (NJ, USA)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Regression-based RCAs and FDI2019

    • Author(s)
      Craig Parsons
    • Organizer
      CUNY-Queens Faculty seminar (NY, USA)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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