
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 an affiliate 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 of manufacturing but not services firms. We also find observable differences between vertical and horizontal manufacturing firms that are not always explained by theory.
Avdelning/ar
- Nationalekonomiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2018-10-07
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1222-1225
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Applied Economics Letters
Volym
25
Issue
17
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Economics
Nyckelord
- outward FDI
- globalization
- FDI destination
- heterogeneous firms
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1466-4291