Networked FDI and third-country intra-firm trade

Toshihiro Okubo and Yuta Watabe
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Yuta Watabe: Pennsylvania State University

No 2020-014, Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series from Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University

Abstract: In the wave of globalization, foreign direct investment (FDI) is networked. Affiliates locate across countries and trade among them. This paper investigates the FDI networks, in particular, third-country intra-firm trade using the Japanese foreign affiliate data. We find active third-country sales and sourcing within the firm boundary, but only large firms tend to construct production networks. Driving forces for FDI networks are in the allocation of ownership and human resources by parent firms.

Keywords: multinational firms; networked FDI; intra-firm trade; sales and sourcing; third-country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2020-09-08
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