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Characteristics of U.S. Manufacturing Companies Investing Abroad and their Choice of Production Locations

Lipsey, Robert E. - 1983

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relations among characteristics of U.S. firms, their tendency to invest abroad, and their choice of production locations. The larger the firm, and the higher its profitability, capital intensity, technological Intensity, and the skill level ofits labor...

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Exports and Foreign Investment in Manufacturing Industries

Lipsey, Robert E. - 1976

direct investment by U.S. firms and the export trade of the United States, a subject of bitter controversy for at least the …

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Institutions and Foreign Investment : China versus the World

Fan, Joseph P.H. - 2007

Weak institutions ought to deter foreign direction investment (FDI), and mass media stories highlight China …'s institutional deficiencies, yet China is now one of the world's largest FDI destinations. This incongruity characterizes China …'s paradoxical growth. Cross-country regressions show that China's FDI inflow is not exceptionally large, given the quality of its …

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Foreign Firms and Indonesian Manufacturing Wages : An Analysis With Panel Data

Lipsey, Robert E. - 2003

Wages in domestically- owned Indonesian manufacturing plants taken over by foreign firms increased sharply between the year before takeover and two years after takeover, relative to plants remaining in domestic ownership. Blue- collar wage levels in these plants had been less than 10 per cent...

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Foreign Entry into U.S. Manufacturing by Takeovers and the Creation of New Firms

Lipsey, Robert E. - 2002

Using U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data for individual foreign acquisitions and new establishments in the U.S from 1988 to 1998, and aggregate data for 1980 to 1998, we find that acquisitions and establishments of new firms tend to occur in periods of high U.S. growth and take place mainly...

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Foreign Direct Investment and Wages in Indonesian Manufacturing

Lipsey, Robert E. - 2001

This paper asks two types of questions. One is about the behavior of foreign-owned firms in Indonesian labor markets and the other is about the effect of the presence of foreign-owned firms on Indonesian wages. We ask first whether foreign-owned plants pay a higher price for labor, that is, more...

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Affiliate Activity in Japanese and U.S. Multinationals and Japanese Exports, 1986-1995

Lipsey, Robert E. - 2001

. First, the relationships between Japanese export levels and employment in foreign affiliates of Japanese MNCs are analyzed …, the paper examines the effects of the presence of affiliates of U.S. MNCs on Japanese export levels. And third, it …

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Health Shocks, Village Elections, and Long-Term Income : Evidence from Rural China

Gan, Li - 2006

Using a sample of households in 48 Chinese villages for the period 1986-2002, this paper studies the dynamic effects of major health shocks on household income and the role played by village elections in mitigating these effects. Our results show that in the first 15 years after a shock, a...

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Eat, Drink, Firms and Government : An Investigation of Corruption from Entertainment and Travel Costs of Chinese Firms

Cai, Hongbin - 2005

Entertainment and Travel Costs (ETC) is a standard expenditure item for Chinese firms with an annual amount equal to about 20 percent of total wage bills. We use this objective accounting measure as a basis to analyze the composition of ETC and the effect of ETC on firm performance. We rely on...

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