Risk and the technology content of FDI : A dynamic model
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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 306-317 |
Journal / Publication | Journal of International Economics |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2012 |
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Abstract
This paper incorporates risk into the FDI decisions of firms. The risk of FDI failure increases with the gap between the South's technology frontier and the technology complexity of a firm's product. This leads to a double-crossing sorting pattern of FDI-firms of intermediate technology levels are more likely than others to undertake FDI. It is with the attempt to relax the upper bound of the technology content of FDI, we argue, that many FDI policies are created. The theory's predictions are consistent with the empirical patterns of FDI in China by US and Taiwanese manufacturing firms. © 2011 Elsevier B.V..
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- Dynamic, Foreign direct investment, Risk, Spillover, Technology
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Risk and the technology content of FDI: A dynamic model. / Chang, Pao-Li; Lu, Chia-Hui.
In: Journal of International Economics, Vol. 86, No. 2, 03.2012, p. 306-317.
In: Journal of International Economics, Vol. 86, No. 2, 03.2012, p. 306-317.
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review