
Joakim Gullstrand
Rektor, Professor

Exploring Outward FDI and the Choice of Destination: Evidence from Swedish Firm-Level Data
Författare
Summary, in English
Using Swedish firm-level data on all firms and their affiliates abroad, we investigate what observable firm and country characteristics affect the size of affiliate firms in a particular destination. We employ the richness of the data to investigate the importance of destination country factors in explaining firm outward FDI activities and distinguish between the factors that affect such activities in manufacturing versus services firms as well as vertical versus horizontal investments. Our results lend support to existing theories of multinational activity, including observable differences between vertical and horizontal manufacturing firms, as well as between services and manufacturing FDI firms
Avdelning/ar
- Nationalekonomiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2016
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Working Papers
Issue
2016:16
Fulltext
Dokumenttyp
Working paper
Ämne
- Economics
Nyckelord
- outward FDI
- globalization
- FDI destination
- heterogeneous firms
- F10
- F20
Aktiv
Published