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costs have a negative impact on the decision to engage in FDI. …
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analysis of distribution-oriented FDI has, however, received little attention which is at least partly due to the lack of …-oriented FDI is based on the trade-off between fixed and variable costs. …
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We analyze whether firms that establish their first affiliate in a foreign country have a different pattern of growth in output, employment, capital and productivity than firms that remain national. We use firm-level data on German multinational activities and appropriate matching techniques to...
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Gravity equations explaining foreign affiliates' sales are ad hoc and hence, estimated coeffcients are hard to interpret. We therefore provide the theoretical underpinnings of the gravity equation applied to the analysis of sales of foreign affiliates of multinational firms. We argue that the...
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Gravity equations explaining foreign affiliates' sales are ad hoc and hence, estimated coeffcients are hard to interpret. We therefore provide the theoretical underpinnings of the gravity equation applied to the analysis of sales of foreign affiliates of multinational firms. We argue that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149259
costs have a negative impact on the decision to engage in FDI. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149260
analysis of distribution-oriented FDI has, however, received little attention which is at least partly due to the lack of …-oriented FDI is based on the trade-off between fixed and variable costs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149266
We analyze whether firms that establish their first affiliate in a foreign country have a different pattern of growth in output, employment, capital and productivity than firms that remain national. We use firm-level data on German multinational activities and appropriate matching techniques to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149288
economic activity, this paper discusses the scope for FDI as an instrument of regional policy aimed at offsetting the … centripetal forces unleashed by liberalisation. Focusing on Sweden, the paper finds no signs that FDI has contributed to reducing … - including support for FDI - have not performed better in terms of employment, labour productivity, and education levels than …
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