While countries make use of a wide range of policies to attract multinational firms, identifying the effect of such … probability that a multinational firm establishes its first affiliate in the country, but has generally no impact on the expansion … asymmetries. It is stronger for IPA information services and on multinational firms from countries and in sectors facing more …

This research sheds light on the role of multinational production on the type of innovation performed by firms. We … spread across different product lines. We focus on two features of multinational production: (i) core knowledge is …

Multinational production has become increasingly important in recent decades. Countries resort to different industrial … multinational firms location decisions using -for the first time to our knowledge- firm-level data. To do so, we carry out … multinational firms and assistance by the investment promotion agency (IPA) in Costa Rica over the period 2000-2016. Estimates …

This research sheds light on the role of multinational production on the type of innovation performed by firms. We … spread across different product lines. We focus on two features of multinational production: (i) core knowledge is …