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Regional production networks, foreign direct investmens and trade patterns: the CEFTA 2006 case

Main aim of this presentation is to, through before theoretical framework defined by international trade and FDI theories and through empirical research, explain effects of Central European Free Trade Agreement 2006 integration on its member states through trade and FDI patterns and creation/upgrading of production networks. Research interest for this topic stems from the fact that, through complementary interactions between trade and investment enhancing policies, it is possible to obtain maximum welfare gains for signatories of FTAs. Therefore, in order to research existence and development of the aforementioned complementary interaction, focus of the presentation is to present theoretical synthesis of the fragmentation of the production process and efficiency-seeking FDI theories as well as to present methodological groundwork for empirical research of CEFTA countries in this topic.

vertical specialization ; production networks ; trade & FDI flows

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