EXPORT AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN AN ENDOGENOUS-ENTRY MODEL WITH REAL AND NOMINAL UNCERTAINTY

Drawing on a tractable DSGE model with nominal rigidity, this paper studies the implica- tions of ?rms?entry in domestic and foreign markets for the international business cycle. The paper shows that the decision to enter a new market as well as the choice whether to invest at home or abroad depend on global monetary and productivity conditions. I ?nd that a domes- tic monetary expansion might favor or deter start-up investments, depending on whether the potential entrant is a national or a multinational ?rm. Moreover, a structural policy change, as an increase in the degree of monetary stabilization, has a positive impact on trend investments in all sectors. Firms?dynamics, in turn, ampli?es consumption and employment spillovers in the world economy. I stress that this may have non-negligible consequences for welfare.