This document discusses theories of international trade and investment. It covers classical theories of trade such as mercantilism and absolute advantage. It also discusses modern theories including comparative advantage, factor proportions theory, country similarity theory, and product life cycle theory. For international investment, it outlines ownership advantage theory, internalization theory, and eclectic theory. It discusses factors influencing foreign direct investment, including supply, demand, and political factors.
2. Overview
International Trade & World Economy
Classical Country Base Theory
Modern Firm Bade Theories
Overview of International Investment
International Investment Theories Factors
Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investment
3. InternationalTrade & InvestmentTheories
CLASSICAL
COUNTRY-BASED
TRADE THEORIES
MODERN FIRM-
BASED TRADE
THEORY
INTERNATIONAL
INVESTMENT
THEORY
MERCANTILISM
ABSOULUTE
ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE
ADVANTAGE
RELATIVE
FACTOR
ENDOWMENT
(FACTOR
PROPORTIONS)
COUNTRY
SIMILARITY
THEORY
INTERNATIONAL
PRODUCT LIFE
CYCLE
OVERVIEW OF
INTERNATIONA
L INVESTENT
THEORIES
FACTORS
INFLUENCING FDI
OWNERSHIP
ADVANTAGE THEORY
INTERNALIZATION
THEORY
ECLECTIC THEORY
SUPPLY
DEMAND
POLITICAL
4. Trade is the voluntary exchange of goods, services,
assets, or money between one person or organization
and another.
International trade is trade between residents of two
countries.
InternationalTrade &World
Economy
6. Sources ofWorld’s Merchandise Exports,
European
Union
Other
countries
China
Japan
Unite States Canada
European Union
Other countries
China
Japan
Unite States
Canada
8. Mercantilism
A country’s wealth is measured by its holdings of gold
and silver
A country’s goal should be to enlarge holdings of gold
and silver by
Promoting exports
Discouraging imports
9. Export those goods and services for which a country is
more productive than other countries
Import those goods and services for which other
countries are more productive than it is
Absolute
AdvantageIntroduced by Adam Smith
10. Example of AA theory:
Absolute Advantage
COUNTRY RICE (1 TON) PALM OIL (1 TON)
THAILAND 1 WORKER 5 WORKERS
MALAYSIA 6 WORKERS 3 WORKERS
USES 1 WORKER TO
PRODUCE
1 TON OF RICE-MORE
EFFICIENT
USES 3 WORKERS TO PRODUCE
1 TON OF PALM OIL-MORE
EFFICIENT
11. Comparative Advantage
Produce and export those goods and services for
which it is relatively more productive than other
countries
Import those goods and services for which other
countries are relatively more productive than it is
Developed by David Ricardo
12. Example of CA theory:
Comparative Advantage
COUNTRY RICE (1 TON) PALM OIL (1 TON)
THAILAND 1 WORKER 2 WORKERS
MALAYSIA 6 WORKERS 3 WORKERS
THAILAND PRODUCES 1 TON OF RICE AND 1 TON OF PALM OIL MORE EFFICIENTLY
THAN MALAYSIA, BUT IS MORE EFFICIENT TO LET MSIA PRODUCE PALM OIL (SINCE
MSIA PRODUCES PALM OIL BETTER THAN RICE) RATHER THAN PRODUCING BOTH
COMMODITIES.
13. Relative Factor Endowments
Focusing on resources
Basic considerations:
Factor endowments vary among countries.
Goods differ according to the types of factors that
are used to produce them.
By Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin
What determines the products for which a country will
have a comparative advantage?
15. Country SimilarityTheory
Intra industry trade-Trade between two countries of goods produced
by the same industry. Eg: Exchange of Japanese rice and Thai rice
“Most trade in manufactured goods should be between similar per
capita incomes and intra-industry trade in manufactured goods
should be common”
Inter industry trade-exchange of goods produced by one industry in
country A for goods produces in country B. Eg: Exchange of Thai rice
and Msian palm oil
16. Product Life CycleTheory
“International product life cycle consists of 3 stages; new product,
maturing product, and standardized product”
STAGE 1-NEW
PRODUCT
STAGE 2-MATURING
PRODUCT
STAGE 3-
STANDARDIZED
PRODUCT•High purchase
power +
demand->new
product concept
•Low production
because
uncertain level of
market size
•Most output is
sold in the
domestic market
•Competition
from other
companies
•Search for low
cost production
base
•Demand
decreases
•Domestic
market became
fully aware
•Demand rises
•Higher
international
sales rather
than domestic
sales
17. International Investment
Theories
Overview of INTERNATIONAL INVESTENT
THEORIES
• OWNERSHIP ADVANTAGE THEORY
• INTERNALIZATION THEORY
• ECLECTIC THEORY
FACTORS INFLUENCING FDI
• SUPPLY FACTORS
• DEMAND FACTORS
• POLITICAL FACTORS
18. Two categories:
Portfolio investments-passive holdings of securities such as
foreign stocks, bonds, or other financial assets, none of which
entails active management or control of the securities’ issuer by
the investor.
Foreign Direct Investment(FDI)-Acquisition of foreign assets for
the purpose of controlling them
International Investments
19. Ownership AdvantageTheory
“A firm owning a valuable asset that creates a
competitive advantage domestically can use that
advantage to penetrate foreign markets through FDI”
Eg: Intel(Technology)
20. InternalizationTheory
Transaction costs-costs of entering into
transaction(negotiating, monitoring and enforcing a
contract)
Explains why a firm would choose to enter a foreign
market via FDI rather than exploit its ownership
advantages
Eg: Honda
21. EclecticTheory
FDI will occur when 3 conditions are satisfied:
OWNERSHIP
ADVANTAGE
A firm must own
some unique
competitive
advantage that
overcomes
competitions
Eg: Brand name
LOCATION
ADVANTAGE
Business should be
done in a more
profitable foreign
location than a
domestic one
Eg: Labour, raw
materials
INTERNALIZATION
ADVANTAGE
The firm must
benefit more from
controlling foreign
business activity
rather than hiring
other local
companies to
provide service
Eg: Hiring locals