We apply insights from “new, new” trade theory to explain a puzzling decline in US firm antidumping (AD) filings in an era of persistent foreign currency undervaluations and increasing import competition. Firms exhibit heterogeneity both within and across industries regarding foreign direct...

It has long been observed that a country tends to receive increased foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow when its currency depreciates. We provide an explanation of this correlation and examine the implied welfare effects of short-run FDI flow. Firms' cross-border production location decisions...

One of the measurements of economic development in a country is the increase in the nation's level of capital stock. A developing nation may increase the amount of capital stock by incentivizing and encouraging capital inflows, and this is done more commonly through the attraction of foreign...

The authors investigate a puzzling decline in US firm antidumping (AD) filings in an era of persistent foreign currency undervaluations and increasing import competition. Firms exhibit heterogeneity both within and across industries regarding foreign direct investment (FDI). Firms making...