Cultural Differences And Economic Globalization: Effects On Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, And Migration (Routledge Studies In The Modern World Economy)

This book examines cultural differences as a potential impediment to economic integration. Relying on rigorous statistical and econometric techniques, the analyses indicate that higher transaction costs, due to greater cultural distance, inhibit both the volume of trade flows and the successful completion of trade deals. Cultural distance appears to reduce foreign direct investment, as well as divert investment to less culturally-distant destinations. This book finds a negative relationship between migration flows and cultural distance. It considers the common criticism that repeated and intensified integration diminishes cultural differences, resulting in cultural homogeneity.

• | Author: Roger White
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Nov 10, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 260 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138891800
• | ISBN-13: 9781138891807