This paper examines the relationship between foreign and domestic investment activity of multinational enterprises. The … investment in fixed assets. The empirical approach, which rests upon extensive and intensive margin variation, is shown to … produce very robust results. These suggest a positive relationship between foreign and home investment in real capital. This …

This paper studies the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the transmission of international business cycles … synchronized investment cycles. I also find that the relation between FDI integration and synchronization of gross domestic product … unambiguously increases investment synchronization while the effect on GDP synchronization is ambivalent. Due to mismeasurement of …

We examine the neoclassical investment model using a panel of U.S. manufacturing firms. The standard model with no … for firms with low (pre-sample) payouts (firms we expect to face financing constraints). Hem, investment is sensitive to … both firm cash flow and macroeconomic credit conditions, holding constant investment opportunities. Sample splits based on …