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Revisiting Oligopolistic Reaction: Are FDI Decisions Strategic Complements?

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  • Keith Head

    (Faculty of Commerce - University of British Columbia)

  • Thierry Mayer

    (TEAM - Université Paris 1 & CNRS)

  • John Ries

    (Faculty of Commerce - University of British Columbia)

Abstract

Knickerbocker (1973) introduced "oligopolistic reaction" to explain why firms follow rivals into foreign markets. We develop a model that incorporates the central features of Knickerbocker's story -oligopoly, uncertainty, and risk aversion- to establish the conditions required to generate follow-the-leader behaviour. We find that rival foreign investment will make risk-neutral firms less inclined to move abroad once its rivals have done so. We show that risk aversion can generate the Knickerbocker prediction and derive an expression for the minimum amount of risk aversion needed to generate oligopolistic reaction

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  • Keith Head & Thierry Mayer & John Ries, 2000. "Revisiting Oligopolistic Reaction: Are FDI Decisions Strategic Complements?," Cahiers de la Maison des Sciences Economiques bla00049, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1).
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    Oligopolistic reaction; spatial Cournot competition; uncertainty;
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    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • R3 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location

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