Conconi, Paola; Sapir, André; Zanardi, Maurizio - Nationale Bank van België/Banque national de Belqique (BNB) - 2010
We describe a simple model in which domestic firms decide whether to serve a foreign market through exports or horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). This choice involves a trade-off between the higher variable trade costs associated with exports and the higher fixed set-up costs associated...