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Blonigen, Bruce A.; O'Fallon, Cheyney - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

The literature on the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on …

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Separating the Opposing Effects of Bilateral Tax Treaties

Blonigen, Bruce A.; Oldenski, Lindsay; Sly, Nicholas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Bilateral tax treaties (BTT) are intended to promote foreign direct investment and foreign affiliate activity through double taxation relief. However, BTTs also typically contain provisions that facilitate sharing of tax information between countries intended to curtail tax avoidance by...

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The Effects of Direct Foreign Investment on Local Communities

Figlio, David; Blonigen, Bruce A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1999

The large increase in direct foreign investment (DFI) into the United States in the late 1980s has generated considerable research on why these flows occurred and where these foreign firms located. However, very little has been done to evaluate the impact these foreign firms have on the local...

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The Effects of Bilateral Tax Treaties on U.S. FDI Activity

Blonigen, Bruce A.; Davies, Ronald B. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

The effects of bilateral tax treaties on FDI activity have been unexplored, despite significant ongoing activities by ….S. inbound and outbound FDI over the period 1966-1992. Our estimates suggest a statistically significant average annual increase … of FDI activity for each additional year of a treaty which ranges from 2% to 8%, depending on the FDI activity measure …

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Do Bilateral Tax Treaties Promote Foreign Direct Investment?

Blonigen, Bruce A.; Davies, Ronald B. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

We explore the impact of bilateral tax treaties on foreign direct investment using data from OECD countries over the period 1982-1992. We find that recent treaty formation does not promote new investment, contrary to the common expectation. For certain specifications we find that treaty...

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A Review of the Empirical Literature on FDI Determinants

Blonigen, Bruce A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

This paper surveys the recent burgeoning literature that empirically examines the foreign direct investment (FDI …) decisions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the resulting aggregate location of FDI across the world. The contribution of … the paper is to evaluate what we can say with relative confidence about FDI as a profession, given the evidence, and what …

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Size and Growth of Japanese Plants in the United States

Blonigen, Bruce A.; Tomlin, KaSaundra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1999

Using a unique database on all Japanese manufacturing plants in the United States, we examine the relationship between plant size and growth for these foreign-owned plants. These plants average sizes are three times larger than comparable U.S. plants and experienced 30 percent growth from 1987...

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Tariff-jumping FDI and Domestic Firms' Profits

Blonigen, Bruce A.; Tomlin, KaSaundra; Wilson, Wesley W. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

Studies of the welfare implications of trade policy often do not take account of the potential for tariff-jumping FDI ….S. domestic firms that petitioned for antidumping (AD) relief, as well as the effect of announcements of FDI by their foreign …% abnormal gains to a petitioning firm when there is no tariff-jumping FDI, but no abnormal gains if there is tariff-jumping FDI …

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CEO Turnover and Foreign Market Participation

Blonigen, Bruce A.; Wooster, Rossitza B. - Department of Economics, University of Oregon - 2003

Anecdotal evidence suggests that new CEOs with foreign backgrounds direct their firms to become more international in their operations. We examine this hypothesis formally using data on U.S. S&P-500 manufacturing firms from1992 through 1997 and biographical information on CEOs’ birth and...

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Tariff-jumping FDI and Domestic Firms’ Profits

Blonigen, Bruce A.; Tomlin, KaSaundra; Wilson, Wesley W. - Department of Economics, University of Oregon - 2002

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