Die 'Deutschland AG' hat ausgedient. Daimler und Porsche brauchen demnächst eine Standleitung nach Katar. Die Wadan-Werften sind in russischer, die Steigenberger Hotels in ägyptischer Hand. Inder kaufen deutsche Bekleidungsketten, Chinesen Maschinenbauunternehmen. Wenn es so weitergeht, wird...

It is widely feared that outward FDI gradually hollows out domestic manufacturing and displaces local workers. We address this concern by drawing on exceptionally informative firm-specific data on Taiwanese multinationals in manufacturing. In particular, we assess whether repercussions at home...

Because individual firms are interdependent and rely on each other, either as supplier of intermediate goods or client for their own production, an exogenous financial shock affecting a single firm, such as the termination of a line of credit, reverberates through the productive chain. The...