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We evaluate the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Combining reduced-form estimates from tax data with a global investment model, we estimate responses, identify parameters, and conduct counterfactuals. Domestic investment of firms with the mean tax change increases 20% versus a no-change baseline. Due...
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We study capital controls on outflows (CCOs) in situations of macroeconomic and financial distress. We present novel empirical evidence indicating that CCO implementation is associated with crises and declines in GDP growth. We then develop a theoretical framework that is consistent with such...
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This essay highlights the effects of radical transformations in the liberal characteristics of the regimes on foreign direct investors. To focus on the common patterns in the effects on foreign direct investment, of liberal vs. illiberal regime change, the essay spotlights the tale of two...
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As a bridge between Chinese mainland and international financial markets, the Stock Connect program allows investors on both sides to gain mutual access. By analyzing how cross-border flows respond to macro-related shocks, we show that compared with possibly homemade foreign investors, genuine...
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spillovers from multinationals to domestic firms justify pro- FDI policies. For the first time, we use firm-to-firm transaction …
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We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model of foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign technology adoption …, incorporating adoption barriers, international technology spillover, and relative price advantages. A higher FDI conversion efficacy …, a lower adoption barrier, or a stronger international technology spillover, together with a lower relative price of FDI …
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foreign direct investment (FDI) dynamics at different levels of aggregation as well as at firm level. We propose a theoretical … reduction in FDI resulting from both physical and transition risks but an ambiguous interaction effect of these risks with … we do not find consistent evidence for statistically significant effects of physical and transition risks on FDI. However …
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We introduce a general quantifiable framework to study the location decisions of multinational firms. In the model, firms choose in which locations to pay the fixed costs of setting up production, taking into account potential complementarities among production locations. The firm's location...
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This paper defines risk-on risk-off (RORO), an elusive terminology in pervasive use, as the variation in global investor risk aversion. Our high-frequency RORO index captures time-varying investor risk appetite across multiple dimensions: advanced economy credit risk, equity market volatility,...
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What are the effects of a temporary lockdown of the economy? Do firms' deteriorating balance sheets and labor market frictions propagate and prolong the effects? We answer these questions in a model with financial and labor market frictions. The model makes quantitative predictions about the...
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