“…Caves (1981), Balassa (1986a), Balassa and Bauwens (1987), Sharma (2000), Xing (2007) have found that there is a negative relationship between total intra-industry trade and foreign direct investments, while Sohn ve Zhang (2005) conclude the same results between vertical intra-industry trade and foreign direct investments. Aturupane et al (1999), Blanes and Martin (2000), Li et al (2003), Moshirian and Sim (2005), Zhang et al (2005), Zhang and Clark (2009), Türkcan and Ateş (2010), Thorpe and Leitâo (2013) examined total, horizontal and vertical intra-industry trade; Lee (1989), Wakasugi (1997), Andreosso-O'Callaghan and Bassino 2001, Okubo (2007), Xing (2007) (between Japan -China) researched the total intra-industry trade; Fukao et al (2003), Zhang and Clark (2009), Yoshida et al (2009), Türkcan and Ateş (2011), Ambroziak (2012) investigated vertical intra-industry trade; Pittiglio and Reganati (2005) analyzed vertical, low and high quality vertical intraindustry trade; Ambroziak (2012) studied horizontal intra-industry trade and their relationship with foreign direct investments. They observed a positive relationship between different types of intra-industry trade and foreign direct investments.…”