Recent literature on multinational firms has stressed the importance of low productivity as a barrier to the cross-border expansion of firms. But firms may also need external finance to shoulder the costs of entering foreign markets. We develop a model of multinational firms facing real and...

This paper analyzes the tax haven investment behavior of multinational firms from a country that exempts foreign income from taxation. High foreign tax rates generally encourage firms to invest in tax havens, though significant costs of reallocating taxable income dampen these incentives. The...

This paper shows that the liberalisation of foreign direct investment (FDI) tends to make the effect of labour costs on domestic investment and labour demand more negative. Using data from Germany, it then provides evidence that is consistent with this view. First, high unit labour costs...

Der vorliegende Band veröffentlicht die Ergebnisse eines Workshops, der das Ziel hatte, Forscher zu einem offenen Erfahrungsaustausch zusammenzubringen, die sich aus unterschiedlicher Perspektive mit Direktinvestitionen auseinandersetzen. Die Beiträge machen die ganze Breite der Thematik...

Die Auslagerung von Teilen der Produktion ins Ausland, die viele Unternehmen ins Auge fassen und einige bereits durchgeführt haben, ist eines der wirtschaftspolitischen Themen, das zurzeit heftig diskutiert wird. Politiker nennen das schon einmal "mangelnden Patriotismus" oder vergleichen...

We analyze the interlinkages between foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign portfolio investment (FPI) between Germany and the major economies. First, we show that Tobin’s q helps explaining the variation of the growth rate of the stock of FDI. Second, we show that foreign and the home...