Multinational Firms in the World Economy

Name: Multinational Firms in the World Economy
Brand: Princeton University Press
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Giorgio Barba Navaretti Anthony J. Venables(Autor*in)

Princeton University Press

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Erschienen am 16. Juni 2020

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Cover Page
Half-title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
1. Facts and Issues
1.1 Multinationals: What Are They and How Are They Measured?
1.2 The Facts: Empirical Overview
1.3 The Issues
1.4 Guide to the Book
Statistical Appendix
2. The Multinational Enterprise: an Overview of Theory and Empirical Findings
2.1 National and International Production
2.2 Internalization and the Boundary of the Firm
2.3 Effects of FDI
2.4 Conclusions
3. Horizontal Foreign Direct Investment: Product Market Access
3.1 A Model
3.2 National versus Multinational Supply
3.3 Demand and Firm Behaviour
3.4 The Effect of FDI on the Host Economy
3.5 Extensions
3.6 Conclusions
Appendix 3.1. Parameters Underlying Figures
Appendix 3.2. Section 3.5.1
4. Vertical Foreign Direct Investment: Input Costs and Factor Prices
4.1 Cost-Minimizing Locations
4.2 Fragmentation and Factor Prices
4.3 Fragmentation in General Equilibrium
4.4 Factor Price Convergence?
4.5 Conclusions
Appendix 4.1. Parameter Values in Figures 4.1 and 4.2
Appendix 4.2. Parameter Values in Figure 4.6
Appendix 4.3. Components Labour Intensive
5. Multinationals: the Firm and the Market
5.1 An Analytical Framework
5.2 Hold-up
5.3 Hold-up in Industry Equilibrium
5.4 Dissipation of Intangible Assets
5.5 Agency Costs
5.6 Conclusions
Appendix
6. Determinants of FDI: the Evidence
6.1 A General Framework
6.2 Industry and Firm Determinants of FDI
6.3 Country Determinants of FDI
6.4 The Relative Importance of Horizontal versus Vertical FDI
6.5 Other Factors Affecting the Location of FDI
6.6 Concluding Remarks
7. Host Country Effects: Conceptual Framework and the Evidence
7.1 Aggregate Effects of FDI on Economic Growth: Cross-Country Evidence
7.2 Firm Effects: Conceptual Framework
7.3 Productivity
7.4 Factor Markets
7.5 Employment Volatility
7.6 Multinationals and Local Firms
7.7 Conclusions
Appendix
8. FDI and the Host Economy: a Case Study of Ireland
8.1 Ireland's Success in Attracting FDI
8.2 Characteristics of FDI Inflows to Ireland
8.3 FDI and the Development of the Irish Economy
8.4 Concluding Comments
9. Home Country Effects of Foreign Direct Investment
9.1 What are the Effects? Setting the Issues
9.2 Foreign Production and Domestic Activities: Substitutes or Complements?
9.3 Skill Intensity
9.4 Technological Sourcing
9.5 Effects on Productivity: Comparing MNEs and National Firms
9.6 Conclusions
Appendix. Derivation of Empirically Testable Demands for Relatively Skilled Labour
10. Policy Implications and Effects
10.1 The Impact of FDI on Economic Policy
10.2 FDI Incentives
10.3 Policy Competition and Policy Coordination
10.4 International Governance of Investment Regimes
10.5 Concluding Remarks
11. Conclusions
Appendix A Statistical Definitions and Databases on Foreign Direct Investment and the Activities of Multinationals
A.1 International Statistics on Foreign Direct Investment
A.2 Financial and Operating Data on Multinational Firms
Glossary
References
Index

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