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The location of domestic and foreign production affiliates by French multinational firms /

Economists interested in location choices usually focus their attention on investments abroad. This neglects the fact that multinational enterprises continue to invest domestically while undertaking foreign expansion. This paper compares investments at home and abroad. Our firm-level dataset shows a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Mayer, Thierry (Autor), Méjean, Isabelle (Autor), Nefussi, Benjamin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2010.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/10/22.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; I Introduction; II Theory and empirical implementation; A Assumptions; B Location decisions; C Empirical implementation; III Data; A The dependent variable: Investments abroad and at home; 1 Individual features of investing firms; B "Standard" covariates; C Supply Access; 1 Supply Access; D Sectoral and Firm-level Networks; 2 Summary statistics on the network variables; E Trends in the location of French-owned manufacturing establishments; 2 Distribution of French FDI by Geographical Zone; 3 Investments by French firms: Domestic/Foreign.
  • 4 French investments and Market SizeIV Results for foreign affiliates; 3 Conditional Logit for the Location of Foreign Investments; V Results on foreign and domestic investments; A Conditional logit; 4 Conditional Logit for the Location of Domestic and Foreign Investment; 5 Coefficient on Domestic Investment over Time; 6 Coefficient on Investment in Ex-colonies over Time; 5 Conditional Logit for the Location of Domestic and Foreign Investments by MNCs; B Nested logit; 6 Nested Logit France/RoW Choice; VI Conclusion; References; Footnotes.