Going Multinational: What are the Effects on Home-Market Performance?

Robert Jäckle and Georg Wamser

German Economic Review, 2010, vol. 11, issue 2, 188-207

Abstract: This paper compares the home-market performance of German multinational enterprises (MNEs) and national firms, both before and after switching from national to multinational activities. Regarding the former case, our results show that future multinationals outperform domestic firms. When assessing the ex post performance of multinationals, selectivity issues must be taken into account. Applying an endogenous treatment model, it turns out that after switching, both productivity and wage growth are higher at newly founded MNEs. While capital intensities increase compared with those of national firms, employment growth rates are negatively related to switching, suggesting that home and foreign employment are substitutes.

Keywords: Multinational enterprises; home-market performance; productivity; endogenous treatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2009.00473.x

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