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Foreign direct investment and international trade in services: an analysis based on balance of payments microdata

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  • Chiara Bentivogli

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Francesco Bripi

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Andrea Carboni

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Luca Cherubini

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Eleonora Laurenza

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Andrea Locatelli

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Paola Monti

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Elisabetta Nencioni

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Valeria Pellegrini

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Diego Scalise

    (Bank of Italy)

Abstract

This paper presents some analyses of FDI and international trade in services based on microdata used to produce balance of payments statistics. The microdata reveal and mitigate some informative limitations of official statistics, which no longer satisfy the growing need for internationalization data. The analysis shows that both FDI and trade in services are highly concentrated by size and geographic location; moreover, international trade in services also involves firms in the manufacturing industry, while FDI microdata indicate a significant presence of large companies and holdings. Indeed, the microdata show that internationalization often affects individual firms in different ways and is therefore suited to being studied from a number of perspectives; this opens up new possibilities for the empirical analysis of internationalization.

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  • Chiara Bentivogli & Francesco Bripi & Andrea Carboni & Luca Cherubini & Eleonora Laurenza & Andrea Locatelli & Paola Monti & Elisabetta Nencioni & Valeria Pellegrini & Diego Scalise, 2016. "Foreign direct investment and international trade in services: an analysis based on balance of payments microdata," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 327, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdi:opques:qef_327_16
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    Cited by:

    1. Francesco Bripi & David Loschiavo & Davide Revelli, 2020. "Services trade and credit frictions: Evidence with matched bank–firm data," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(5), pages 1216-1252, May.
    2. Francesco Bripi, 2019. "Business travels, multinational firms and international trade," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 523, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.

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    Keywords

    statistics; internationalization; international trade in services; foreign direct investment; microdata;
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    JEL classification:

    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business

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