Economic Diplomacy and National Prosperity

本项目旨在研究经济外交在促进澳大利亚出口和外国投资流入方面的有效性。政府的经济外交议程指导了澳大利亚政府外交和贸易部（DFAT）的大部分活动。该项目将与澳大利亚外交和贸易部合作，开发一个数据集，以捕捉澳大利亚外交部门、出口和外国直接投资的特点;使用引力模型来确定澳大利亚通过外交进行贸易和投资的决定因素;并估计对特定出口行业的好处。该项目还旨在为外交和贸易部的资源分配、风险管理提供信息，并协助在公共领域宣传贸易和投资问题。

This project aims to examine the effectiveness of economic diplomacy in contributing to Australia’s exports and inflow of foreign investment. The government’s economic diplomacy agenda guides a substantial portion of the activity of the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). With the collaboration of DFAT, the project will develop a dataset to capture characteristics of Australia’s diplomatic sector, export and foreign direct investment ; use a gravity model to identify the determinants of trade and investment through diplomacy for Australia; and estimate the benefits to specific export industries. The project aims to also inform DFAT’s resource allocation, risk management and to assist advocacy in the public domain on trade and investment issues.