: firm entry plus exit relative to the stock of firms) alongside a net positive effect in static (low churn) industries. We …

This paper investigates why plants belonging to multi-plant firms are more likely to exit. Using Japanese plant data …-plant multinationals. As elsewhere in the literature these organisational forms are found to raise the probability of plant exit despite …

This paper investigates why multinational ownership is found to increase the probability that a plant will exit. It … likely to exit when plant, firm and industry characteristics are conditioned on. We find that the “footloose” effect is …

We show that international outsourcing may reduce welfare of the outsourcing country by deterring market-entry, thus …. Entry deterrence under outsourcing reduces domestic welfare if both the profit extraction and cost saving from outsourcing …

We develop and analyze an entry model that predicts that the likelihood that foreign firms enter a country increases …

outsourcing, multi-sourcing helps to deter entry by the suppliers into the final goods market and enhances profitability of the …