Kiyota, Kozo; Matsuura, Toshiyuki; Urata, Shujiro; Wei, … - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2007
This paper examines the determinants of the backward vertical linkages of Japanese foreign affiliates in manufacturing for the period 1994-2000, focusing on the local backward linkages, or local procurements in the host country. Our major findings are twofold. First, the unobserved...