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Henk L.M. Kox

KVL Economic Policy Research

Bruistensingel 500 (unit 3.3)

Hertogenbosch, NBR 5232 AH

Netherlands

Fiscal Institute Tilburg (FIT)

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Warandelaan 2

Tilburg, Noord-Brabant 5037AB

Netherlands

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

29

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Ideas:
“  Recent research interests: * micro-foundation of structural gravity patterns in international economic transactions; * structural gravity analysis of bilateral FDI patterns; national knowledge systems and FDI; * analysis of multilateral resistance indicators by international transaction mode; * regulatory heterogeneity as bilateral trade barrier;  ”

Scholarly Papers (29)

1.

Gravity Estimations with FDI Bilateral Data: Potential FDI Effects of Deep Preferential Trade Agreements

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2019/70
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Sep 2019
Henk L.M. Kox and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa
KVL Economic Policy Research and World Bank
Downloads 424 (171,236)
Citation 5

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Foreign Direct Investment, Preferential Trade Agreements, Gravity Model

2.

Intra-EU Differences in Regulation-Caused Administrative Burden for Companies

CPB Memorandum No. IV/2005, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, The Hague
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Jun 2019
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 219 (348,255)
Citation 7

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administrative burden, standard cost, EU comparison

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How Trade and Investment Agreements Affect Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment: Results from a Structural Gravity Mode

Henk L.M. Kox and Hugo Rojas Romagosa, How Trade and Investment Agreements Affect Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment: Results from a Structural Gravity Model, KVL Discussion Paper No. 2020-02, Den Bosch (Netherlands), March 2020, 62p.
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 17 Oct 2020
Henk L.M. Kox and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa
KVL Economic Policy Research and World Bank
Downloads 196 (387,924)
Citation 12

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Bilateral FDI, Depth of Preferential Trade Agreements, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Structural Gravity Model

4.

The Market for Cocoa Powder

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Dec 2016
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 189 (401,336)

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Cocoa Powder, Simulation Model, Market Trends, Technology, Econometric Test

5.

Testing the Knowledge-Capital Model of Foreign Direct Investment: New Evidence

KVL Discussion Paper No. 2022-05
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 04 Oct 2022
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 181 (418,025)

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foreign direct investment, knowledge capital assets, empirical test, world-wide

6.

Targeted Advertising, Platform Competition and Privacy

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2017, doi.org/10.1111/jems.12200
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2017
Henk L.M. Kox, Bas Straathof and Gijsbert Zwart
KVL Economic Policy Research, Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) - Eindhoven Center for Innovation Studies (ECIS) and University of Groningen
Downloads 143 (514,995)
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platform competition, targeted advertising, privacy policy

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A Profile of the Online Advertising and Tracking Industry: Technology, Business Model and Market Structure

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 138 (530,816)

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online advertising, online tracking, privacy, business model

8.

Foreign Investment Access and the Services Industry - Quantitative Policy Analysis for the Philippines

KVL ECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH, DECEMBER 2018
Number of pages: 141 Posted: 31 Mar 2021
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 125 (576,708)

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FDI, Gravity Model, Philippines, Policy Simulation, Services Industries

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Regulatory Harmonization and Trade in Services: Volumes and Choice of Mode

FREIT Trade Working Paper No. 040, 2009
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Henk L.M. Kox and Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås
KVL Economic Policy Research and Örebro University
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trade in services, regulatory reform, regulatory harmonization, modes of supply

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Regulatory Heterogeneity As Non-Tariff Barrier in Services Trade

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Henk L.M. Kox and Arjan Lejour
KVL Economic Policy Research and Tilburg University
Downloads 96 (715,072)
Citation 12

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services trade, policy heterogeneity, non-tariff barriers, EU

11.

Cybersecurity in the Perspective of Internet Traffic Growth

MPRA Paper No. 47883, posted 29. June 2013 04:41 UTC
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Jun 2019
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 91 (736,406)
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Internet traffic, cybersecurity, timetrend Internet safety

12.

A Micro-Macro Model of Foreign Direct Investment: Knowledge-Based Gravity Forces, Self-selection and Third-Country Effects

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Dec 2022
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 89 (747,755)

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foreign direct investment, firm behavior, decision model, structural gravity, zero FDI flows, policy implications

13.

A Value-Added Trade Perspective on Recent Patterns in World Trade

The paper has appeared as Chapter 8 in: Hoekman, B. (ed.), "Global Trade Slowdown: a new normal?", VoxEU Book, CEPR 2015
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Nov 2016
CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis, World Bank, Tilburg University and KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 86 (765,566)

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trade in value added, world trade, international business cycle

14.

Repairing a Historical Mistake in Bilateral FDI Statistics: A New Dataset Covering 2001-2022

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Jun 2025
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 81 (796,622)

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Accounting Framework, Multinational Companies, Capital Account, Double Counting, Balance of Payments

15.

Testing an Extended Knowledge-Capital Model of Foreign Direct Investment

KVL Economic Policy Research
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 May 2023
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 75 (837,727)

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business innovation, public knowledge creation, foreign direct investment, knowledge capital, empirical test, worldwide scope

16.

Economic Benefits of an Integrated European Market for Services

Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 30, No. 301–319, 2008
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Nov 2016
Roland Bruijn, Henk L.M. Kox and Arjan Lejour
CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis, KVL Economic Policy Research and Tilburg University
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services, trade, internal market EU, CGEmodel, policy simulation

17.

Relative Infectuousness of Asymptomatic and Symptomatic COVID-19 Infectives: Review and Quantitative Synthesis

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Aug 2021
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 53 (1,031,043)
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Relative infectuousness, infection modes, COVID-19, epidemiology, public health

18.

Exports and Productivity Selection Effects for Dutch Firms

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Nov 2016
Henk L.M. Kox and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa
KVL Economic Policy Research and World Bank
Downloads 52 (1,041,696)
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exports, foreign direct investment, productivity, self selection by firms

19.

Unleashing Competition in EU Business Services

CPB Policy Brief,No. 2012/04
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 Nov 2016
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 51 (1,052,702)
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productivity, competition, economies of scale, business services, EU

20.

Towards Time-Consistent Bilateral FDI Statistics: A New Dataset Covering 2001-2022

KVL Discussion Paper #2024-04
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Jan 2025
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 46 (1,121,190)

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foreign direct investment (FDI), balance of payments, multinational companies, capital account

21.

Export Decisions of Services Firms between Agglomeration Effects and Market-Entry Costs

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 Nov 2016
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
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services, export, heterogeneous firms, agglomeration effects, productivity

22.

Dynamic Market Selection in EU Business Services

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Nov 2016
Henk L.M. Kox and George van Leeuwen
KVL Economic Policy Research and CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Research
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market selection; scale economies; market contestability; regulation; EU; productivity

23.

The Export-Productivity Link in Services: An Empirical Test for the Netherlands

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Jun 2019
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 39 (1,196,171)

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international trade; services; heterogeneous firms; Netherlands

24.

No Open Borders Yet in the European Internal Market for Services

Luis Rubalcaba and Henk Kox (eds.), Business services in European Economic growth, Palgrave-MacMillan, Basingstoke and New York, 2007.
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Nov 2016
Henk L.M. Kox and Arjan Lejour
KVL Economic Policy Research and Tilburg University
Downloads 38 (1,209,354)

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services trade, FDI, EU Internal Market, policy heterogeneity, non-tariff barrier

25.

Exploring the Margins of Dutch Exports: A Firm-Level Analysis

De Economist (2011) 159:413–434 DOI 10.1007/s10645-011-9172-7
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Jun 2019
CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis, KVL Economic Policy Research, Tilburg University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Management & Global Business
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The Future of the Fence Around the EU Labour Market

MPRA Paper No. 31722, Munich Personal RePEc Archive.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Dec 2016
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
Downloads 34 (1,263,436)

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labour migration; European Union; migrant workers; welfare effects

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Being numerous does not yield efficiency - Productivity and entry-exit determinants in European business services

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Mar 2021
KVL Economic Policy Research, CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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productivity, scale efficiency, market selection, stochastic frontier model, non-parametric DEA analysis, entry-exit regulation, business services, European Union

28.

Foreign direct investment and the gravity of knowledge

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 May 2026
Henk L.M. Kox
KVL Economic Policy Research
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knowledge-enriched structural gravity model, foreign direct investment, proprietary knowledge, gravity push and pull factors, multilateral resistance terms, empirical test

29.

How Trade and Investment Agreements Affect Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment: Results from a Structural Gravity Model

World Econ. 2020; 43 (Dec.), 3203-3242
Posted: 17 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2021
Henk L.M. Kox and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa
KVL Economic Policy Research and World Bank

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foreign direct investment, preferential trade agreements, gravity model