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Types of FDI and Determinants of Affiliate Size: the Classification Makes the Difference

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  • Michael Moritz

    (Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany)

  • Veronika Hecht

    (Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany)

  • Patricia Noska

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany)

  • Johannes Schaffler

    (Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany)

Abstract

This paper focuses on the role of classifying types of foreign direct investment (FDI) for analyzing the relevance of productivity for the size of cross-border investments in terms of the foreign subsidiary's workforce. We use a newly established firm-level data set of German multinational firms and their Czech affiliates that allows various categorizations into vertical FDI and horizontal FDI. Apart from data for conventional approaches to classify FDI types, the survey data include a self-assessment of the firms with respect to investment motives, and information on intra-firm trade. In order to correct for sample selection, we apply a two-step Heckman procedure by comparing multinational firms to companies without investment abroad. The results for the direct measures of FDI types confirm theoretical expectations and previous empirical literature and stand in marked contrast to the outcome for indirect measurement concepts. We conclude that one should be more cautious in interpreting differences between vertical and horizontal FDI when using approximative classification concepts.

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  • Michael Moritz & Veronika Hecht & Patricia Noska & Johannes Schaffler, 2020. "Types of FDI and Determinants of Affiliate Size: the Classification Makes the Difference," Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, vol. 70(4), pages 312-331, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:fau:fauart:v:70:y:2020:i:4:p:312-331
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    1. Niklas Becker & Andrzej Cieślik, 2020. "Determinants of German Direct Investment in CEE Countries," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-17, November.
    2. Ahn, JaeBin & Park, Jee-Hyeong, 2022. "Identifying FDI types: Watch what they do, not what they say or look like," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 213(C).
    3. Konstantin Koerner & Michael Moritz & Johannes Schäffler, 2022. "Foreign direct investment and onshore employment dynamics: Evidence from German firms with affiliates in the Czech Republic," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1773-1829, June.
    4. Konstantin Koerner & Mathilde Le Moigne, 2023. "FDI and onshore task composition: evidence from German firms with affiliates in the Czech Republic," Journal for Labour Market Research, Springer;Institute for Employment Research/ Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), vol. 57(1), pages 1-42, December.

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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance

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