Tadesse, Bedassa; Ryan, Michael - In: Journal of Economic Integration 20 (2005), pp. 644-671
This paper examines how the industry-level FDI-export sales relationship is affected by the host nation’s status as an … “export platform” (EP). Using Japanese FDI and export sales data into 35 host countries during the period 1989-1998 for 7 ISIC … 2-digit industries, we find that the FDI-export sales relationship is industry-specific and sensitive to the host …