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MNC's location choice and agglomeration: a comparison between US and European affiliates in China

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  • Jean-Louis Mucchielli

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Pei Yu

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

US and European multinational corporations encounter greater cultural barriers than Asian multinational corporations when investing in China, and the global economic recession further raises their location risks. Using data from the '2007 Fortune 500' list, we conduct conditional logit estimations to test the main determinants of the choices made by 457 US and 537 European manufacturing affiliates located in China during the period 1995-2007, just prior to the economic crisis. Our main finding is that market size, production costs, agglomeration effects and geographical location impact significantly on both US and European firms' choices. Agglomeration is the preferred strategy of the sample firms. We also show that the host sector's technological intensity has a greater impact on US firms than on European ones.

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  • Jean-Louis Mucchielli & Pei Yu, 2011. "MNC's location choice and agglomeration: a comparison between US and European affiliates in China," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-00648210, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:cesptp:hal-00648210
    DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.546627
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    1. Jr-Tsung Huang & Ming-Lei Chang, 2018. "Fiscal Transparency And Foreign Direct Investment In China," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 63(04), pages 839-859, September.
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    3. Hecht, Veronika, 2015. "Location choice of German multinationals in the Czech Republic : the importance of agglomeration economies," IAB-Discussion Paper 201519, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    4. Stirbat, Liviu & Record, Richard & Nghardsaysone, Konesawang, 2015. "The Experience of Survival: Determinants of Export Survival in Lao PDR," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 82-94.
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    6. Veronika Hecht, 2017. "Location choice of German multinationals in the Czech Republic," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 25(4), pages 593-623, October.

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