Foreign direct investment

InhaltsverzeichnisContents Abbreviations. 8 Acknowledgments. 9 1 Preface. 11 1.1 Introduction. 11 1.2 The Theory of the Multinational Firm. 16 1.3 The Dataset: IAB Establishment Panel. 22 2 Barriers to Internationalization.25 2.1 Motivation. 25 2.2 Hypotheses. 27 2.3 Data and Descriptive Statistics. 28 2.4 Regression Analysis. 31 2.5 Conclusions. 34 3 The Causes and Consequences of FDI. 43 3.1 Motivation. 43 3.2 Patterns of FDI flows on the fim level: descriptive evidence. 44 3.3 Firm-level Determinants of FDI Activity. 51 3.4 The Effects of FDI on Firm-level Labor Demand. 54 3.5 Conclusions. 67 4 The Effects of Foreign Takeovers.79 4.1 Motivation. 79 4.2 Theoretical Hypotheses and Empirical Evidence. 80 4.3 Evidence on Firms in Foreign Ownership. 86 4.4 Development of Firms after a Foreign Takeover. 92 4.5 Causal Effects of Foreign Takeovers. 96 4.6 Conclusions. 106 5 Conclusions. 111 5.1 Conclusions. 111 5.2 Outlook. 114 Bibliography. 117