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Foreign ownership and investment: do firms locate investments close to the headquarter?

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  • Per Johansson

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  • Mats Bergman & Per Johansson, 2011. "Foreign ownership and investment: do firms locate investments close to the headquarter?," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 147(4), pages 621-642, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:weltar:v:147:y:2011:i:4:p:621-642
    DOI: 10.1007/s10290-011-0098-6
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    Keywords

    Lumpy investments; Investment determinants; Pulp and paper; Foreign direct investments; Home bias; Head-quarter location; L11; L73; E22; D24;
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    JEL classification:

    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L73 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - Forest Products
    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity

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