Overview
This research project aims to analyze a number of issues related to inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI), taking into account its relationship with trade in goods and services. The main topics in this project include (1) the effects of inward FDI promotion policies, (2) the relationship between labor market flexibility and FDI, (3) the effects of policy uncertainty on FDI, and (4) the role of general trading companies in outward FDI by small and medium enterprises. In those topics, this project pays attention to the effects of bilateral investment treaties and regional trade agreements on FDI, and uses analysis to try to provide a number of new findings on various factors that affect FDI and derive policy implications for Japanese inward and outward FDI.
April 2, 2018 - March 31, 2020
Major Research Results
2020
RIETI Discussion Papers
2019
RIETI Discussion Papers
- 20-E-022
"To What Degree does Policy Uncertainty Affect Foreign Direct Investment? Micro-evidence from Japan's International Investment Agreements" (INADA Mitsuo and JINJI Naoto) - 20-E-017
"FDI, Ownership Structure, and Productivity" (ITO Tadashi and TANAKA Ayumu) - 19-E-071
"Promotion or Liberalization: The Effect of Targeted Investment Policies on FDI Inflows" (INADA Mitsuo)