This report investigates the reduction of regulatory restrictiveness in services sectors in Korea using recent free trade agreements in effect and studies its impact on FDI inflows. The research outcomes provide three main findings as follows.
First, FDI inflows of Korea closely follow the trend of global FDI flows. FDI inflows to Korea from developed economies have appeared dominant; FDI inflows from the U.S., Japan and European economies account for the major share. The increase of FDI inflows from China is significant. Moreover, the FDI inflow shares of capital-intensive industries such as electronic, chemical, and machinery in manufacturing and financial, distribution, and business in services are also large. The fact that FDI inflows in services have become two times larger than those in manufacturing since early 2000’s is noteworthy. In the meantime, while FDI flows in forms of M&A in most developed economies, M&As as a form of FDI are still less prevalent in Korea.
Second, Korea’s services trade restrictiveness indices provided by the OECD are updated and recalculated reflecting the FTAs recently put in force. Further liberalization through recent FTAs in force is identified in legal, accounting and telecommunications services.
Third, this report analyzes the impact of services liberalization on FDI inflows in Korea. As suggested in theoretical predictions, further services liberalization through FTAs plays a positive role in FDI inflows in Korea. Such outcomes are derived not only in services sectors but in manufacturing sectors as well. 

서언

국문요약

제1장 서론

1. 연구의 필요성 및 목적
2. 선행연구와의 차별성
3. 연구의 범위와 구성

제2장 외국인직접투자(FDI) 현황

1. 세계 FDI 흐름의 정형화된 사실
2. 한국의 FDI 유입의 특징: 정형화된 사실과의 비교를 중심으로

제3장 외국인직접투자(FDI) 유입 요인: 이론적 측면

1. 거시 경제적 FDI 유입 요인
2. 산업조직론 측면의 FDI 유입 요인
3. 외국인직접투자 유입(IFDI) 요인: 국제무역 측면의 이론적 요인 검토

제4장 기체결 FTA를 반영한 서비스무역제한지수(STRI) 분석

1. FTA별 서비스 분야 개방도 변화

제5장 FTA를 통한 서비스 규제완화와 FDI 유입 변화 분석

1. 분석모형
2. 분석자료
3. 분석 결과

제6장 결론 및 정책적 시사점

1. 요약
2. 정책적 시사점

참고문헌

부록: 주요 분야의 서비스무역제한지수(STRI) 국가별 수준 비교

Executive Summary