European Union (EU) is very attractive for foreign direct investment (FDI) in services and policy makers should know the reasons explaining investment location choices of foreign firms in order to attract them. This article explores FDI location determinants in service functions in the EU-28. Studies dealing with such an issue stay generally focused on the location of service functions in the manufacturing sector. Our assumption is that the location determinants of service functions may differ according to sectors. So, we propose to study whether the location pattern of some service functions is sector independent, whereas it is sector dependent for other service functions. Using a database developed by Ernst and Young, we estimate mixed logit models on foreign firms' location choices. Our contribution is to consider simultaneously three sectors and eight service functions for 271 European regions, during the period 1997 to 2011. Our fundamental findings are that service functions location choices are different according to sectors and that location Downloaded from determinants vary according to the service function considered. The only variables significant for all service functions are agglomeration variables. However, our contribution is to distinguish between different types of agglomeration (regional, sectorial, functional, and group agglomeration) and to show that some agglomeration variables act differently according to service functions.

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Dans cet article, nous nous intéressons aux conséquences de l’absence d’une définition précise de la notion de pays en développement (PED) à l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC). Les négociations engagées dans le cadre du cycle de Doha depuis 2001 ne peuvent, à notre sens, trouver une issue que par la meilleure prise en compte de l’hétérogénéité de ce groupe de pays, laquelle passe par une différenciation renforcée et évolutive entre PED. Ceci suppose de définir un nouveau traitement spécial et différencié afin que de faible et dilué, celui-ci devienne un atout par son efficacité et sa légitimité accrues au service des pays qui en ont le plus besoin.

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