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Export platform FDI and firm heterogeneity

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

direct investment (HFDI), pure platform FDI (PFDI), and complex platform FDI (CFDI). Using data on Japanese outward FDI, we …

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FDI and investment barriers in developing economies

Arita, Shawn; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

Does investment liberalization in developing economies affect FDI decisions differently across individual firms? To …

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Spatial spillovers from FDI agglomeration : evidence from the Yangtze River Delta in China

Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; Hashiguchi, Yoshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

policy issue. This paper studies the spatial effect of FDI agglomeration on the regional productivity of domestic firms …, using Chinese firm-level data. To identify local FDI spillovers, we estimate the causal impact of foreign firms on domestic … spillovers from FDI clusters to other domestic firms in distant counties. Our results show that FDI agglomeration generates …

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The determinants of offshore production by Multinational Corporations (MNCs) : a comparison of Japanese and US MNCs

Matsuura, Toshiyuki; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; Urata, Shujiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

This study employs confidential affiliate-level panel data to improve measures of foreign affiliate activities of Japanese firms in manufacturing sectors. Combining existing data on U.S. MNCs with the Japanese data, we illustrate the pattern and determinant of their foreign affiliate sales by...

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Theory and empirics of Markusen type multinationals

Uchida, Yoko; Oyamada, Kazuhiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

differentiated into three types: horizontal FDI, vertical FDI, and three-country FDI, represented by export platform FDI. There are …

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Location choice in low-income countries : evidence from Japanese investments in East Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

mechanics of cheap labor-seeking FDI, Japanese MNEs are more likely to invest in locations with low income and low tariff rates …

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Domestic, vertical, and horizontal multinationals : a general equilibrium approach using the "knowledge capital model"

Oyamada, Kazuhiko; Uchida, Yoko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

two types according to their production structure: horizontal and vertical foreign direct investment (FDI). In this paper …, we extend the model presented by Zhang and Markusen (1999) to include horizontal and vertical FDI in a model with traded …

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Assessment of FDI impact on Thailand's production sectors : implications for investment promotion activities

Pisit, Puapan - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

This paper examines the overall and sectoral economic impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the Thai economy … using the economic data from 2005-2013. In assessing the overall economic impact, it is found that FDI has contributed … positively to Thailand's economic growth. However, when analyzing the sectoral details, the empirical results indicate that FDI …

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Did Japanese direct investment in Korea suppress indigenous industrialization in the 1930s? : evidence from country-level factory entry patterns

Arimoto, Yutaka; Lee, Changmin - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

Foreign direct investment (FDI) can deliver both positive and negative spillovers to the local economy. Negative … did not suppress the entry of Korean factories and that FDI could exert positive entry spillovers on indigenous firms …

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Complex Vertical FDI and Firm Heterogeneity: Evidence from East Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Matsuura, Toshiyuki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

In this paper we statistically test the validity of the mechanics of complex VFDI in Japanese machinery FDI to East … Japanese FDI to East Asia, and that they work more strongly in the MNEs with higher productivity. These results have an … important implication for the policies of developing countries in attracting FDI. …

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