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Location choice in low-income countries : evidence from Japanese investments in East Asia
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
Unlike most existing studies, this paper examines the location choices of MNEs in developing countries. Specifically, we investigate the location choices of Japanese MNEs among East Asian developing countries by estimating a four-stage nested logit model at the province level. Noteworthy results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351429
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Heterogeneous multinational firms and productivity gains from falling FDI barriers
Arita, Shawn; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
During the past decade of declining FDI barriers, small domestic firms disproportionately contracted while large multinational firms experienced a substantial growth in Japan’s manufacturing sector. This paper quantitatively assesses the impact of FDI globalization on intra-industry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650719
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Production networks in the Asia-Pacific region : facts and policy implications
Hiratsuka, Daisuke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
Production networks have been extensively developed in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper employs two micro-level approaches, case studies and econometric analysis, using JETRO's firm surveys which investigate Japanese affiliates operating in Southeast Asia. These two approaches found that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365994
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Transport costs, distance, and time : evidence from the Japanese Census of Logistics
Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010
has a significantly positive effect on freight costs by air transportation. However, I find the puzzling results that …Geographic distance is a standard proxy for transport costs under the simple assumption that freight fees increase … monotonically over space. Using the Japanese Census of Logistics, this paper examines the extent to which transport distance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564651
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Outward FDI from and intraregional FDI in ASEAN : trends and drivers
Hiratsuka, Daisuke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
Developing-country transnational corporations (TNCs) are increasing in importance in the global economy. Outward FDI from developing countries is a proxy indicator to measure how much of an important role enterprises of developing countries have played in the world market and how they benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222481
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Theory and empirics of Markusen type multinationals
Uchida, Yoko; Oyamada, Kazuhiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
Research on multinational firms’ activity has been conducted widely since late 1980s. The literature is differentiated into three types: horizontal FDI, vertical FDI, and three-country FDI, represented by export platform FDI. There are other methods of differentiation of the literature by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011234991
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Simulating heterogeneous multinational firms
Arita, Shawn; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
This paper develops a micro-simulation framework for multinational entry and sales activities across countries. The model is based on Eaton, Kortum, and Kramarz's (2010) quantitative trade model adapted towards multinational production. Using micro data on Japanese manufacturing firms, we first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351426
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Spatial spillovers from FDI agglomeration : evidence from the Yangtze River Delta in China
Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; Hashiguchi, Yoshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
Foreign firms have clustered together in the Yangtze River Delta, and their impact on domestic firms is an important policy issue. This paper studies the spatial effect of FDI agglomeration on the regional productivity of domestic firms, using Chinese firm-level data. To identify local FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010583828
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Location choice of multinational enterprises in China : comparison between Japan and Taiwan
Chang, Kuo-I; Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Matsuura, Toshiyuki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010
This paper examines and compares the location choice of Japanese and Taiwanese MNEs in China. Furthermore, we investigate the relationship between location choice and firm characteristics, specifically firms' productivity. Due to Taiwan's linguistic and cultural advantages in China, it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008753467
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Firm-level impacts of natural disasters on production networks : evidence from a flood in Thailand
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Matsuura, Toshiyuki; Okubo, Fumihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
In this paper, we explore the firm-level impacts of flooding in Thailand in 2011, specifically those on the procurement patterns at Japanese affiliates in Thailand. Our findings are as follow. First, the damaged small firms are more likely to lower their local procurement share, particularly the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010743122