To what extent can investment promotion optimise UK export markets? What are the limits to intervention under specific conditions of market failure?

Background

Facilitation of trade and foreign investment[footnote 2] is a critical component of DIT’s operational activities. Future evidence development should focus on better evaluating the case for intervention to support firms, how to design investment and trade facilitation services efficiently, and how to maximise business engagement.

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Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DIT Areas of research interest 2020 to 2021 GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects


  • University of Ulster NISRA BDR Programme

    The proposed research aims to improve our understanding of the relationships between firms' engagement in markets external to Northern Ireland (NI) and their performance. The overall aim of the project would be to develo...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Ulster

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to improve understanding of the relationships between firms' engagement in export markets and their performance, which directly addresses the question.

  • Ulster University "NISRA BDR Programme"

    This project will form part of the beta testing of the NISRA de-identified Business Data for Research (BDR) database in advance of the data being made available for wider use by approved researchers within the Administra...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Ulster

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to provide insights on the determinants of trade flows for Northern Irish businesses, including the impact of Brexit, which directly addresses the question.