in industries where inward FDI was encouraged, Japan MNC's affiliates in China experienced increases in their employment … model's firm-level predictions by using confidential microdata from Japan. We study the response of Japanese MNC parents and … of their affiliates in China to an exogenous change in China's openness to foreign direct investment (FDI). We find that …

Within Japanese multinational firms, parent exports from Japan to a foreign region are positively related to production … in that region by affiliates of that parent, given the parent's home production in Japan and the region's size and income …

nearly 600 billion dollars, while China's official net creditor position to the rest of the world is overstated by about 50 …

Each of the world's largest retailers---Walmart, Carrefour, Tesco, and Metro---entered China after 1995. Their … subsequent expansion in China may have influenced Chinese exports through two channels. First, they may have enhanced bilateral …

Using a unique firm-level dataset from China's "Silicon Valley," we investigate how multinational enterprises (MNEs …

sectoral pattern of multinational activity. Using detailed customs data from China, we show that foreign affiliates and joint …