Media slant against foreign owners: Downsizing

Guido Friebel () and Matthias Heinz

Journal of Public Economics, 2014, vol. 120, issue C, 97-106

Abstract: Using a unique data set from nationally distributed quality newspapers in Germany, we find evidence for both quantitative and qualitative media slant against foreign firms. A downsizing foreign firm receives almost twice as much attention as a domestic firm, and the tone of media reports is more negative. Media slant is a measure for economic xenophobia directed against foreign owners, which constitutes an obstacle to foreign direct investment.

Keywords: Media economics; Globalization; Economic xenophobia; Multi-national enterprises; Foreign direct investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L10 L33 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.09.001

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