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The Hazard Rate of Foreign Direct Investment in Transition Countries: A Direct Estimation of a Real Option Model

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  • Pennings, Enrico

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The hazard rate of investment is derived within a real option model, and its properties are analysed in order to directly study the relation between uncertainty and investment. Maximum likelihood estimates of the hazard are calculated using a sample of MNEs that have invested in Central and Eastern Europe over the period 1990-98. Employing a standard, parametric specification of the hazard, our measure of uncertainty has a negative effect on investment, but the model is unable to control for non-linearities in the relationship. The option-based hazard shows the importance of non-linearities and exhibits a significant value of waiting, though it is independent of our measure of uncertainty. This finding supports the existence of alternative channels through which uncertainty can affect investment.

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  • Pennings, Enrico, 2004. "The Hazard Rate of Foreign Direct Investment in Transition Countries: A Direct Estimation of a Real Option Model," CEPR Discussion Papers 4801, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:4801
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    Keywords

    Hazard rates; Uncertainty; Foreign investment;
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    JEL classification:

    • C40 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - General
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements

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