Direct Foreign Investment and Welfare in the Transforming Economies: The Case of Central Asia
研究了在出口税和/或进口补贴的贸易体制下，外国投资对福利的影响，发现中亚式贸易体制中外国投资常降低福利，尤其当投资流向非扭曲贸易部门或自由贸易区时。
This paper studies the welfare effects of foreign investment into an economy with a trade regime of export taxes and/or import subsidies. This regime is characteristic of the Central Asian economies but has received no consideration in previous literature. We show that in many circumstances, foreign investment into an economy with a Central-Asian-type trade regime reduces welfare. In particular, we find that foreign investment is most likely to immiserize when it is directed toward nondistorted traded sectors or free trade zones.J. Comp. Econom.,June 1997,24(3), pp. 297–312. University of Miami, P.O. Box 248126, Coral Gables, Florida 33124.