In:
Revue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest, PERSEE Program, Vol. 32, No. 2 ( 2001), p. 71-94
Abstract:
The article starts with a macroeconomic, quantitative study of outward- processing trade (OPT) between France and Eastern European countries (EECs) on the one hand, and Maghreb countries on the other hand : geographical distribution, industry concentration (namely textile and clothing), revealed comparative advantages and disadvantages of the different France's partners in OPT. It exhibits several specific features of France OPT compared to European Union OPT with the EECs. Then, we observe, from 1993 to 1997 a substitution relation of the EECs to Maghreb in OPT export from France, and a crowding-out effect of Maghreb by the EECs in France OPT re-importation. French foreign direct investment (FDI) substitutes to OPT in the EECs while OPT export crowds out FDI in Maghreb countries. The FDI-OPT substitution in the EECs is tested to be determined by an improved institutional framework and a diminishing country-risk, rather than a decreasing unit labour cost in the EECs.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0338-0599
DOI:
10.3406/receo.2001.3087
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
2001
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2375315-8
detail.hit.zdb_id:
193017-5
SSG:
8
