The impact of foreign direct investment on UK manufacturing: is there a profit squeeze in domestic firms?

Nigel Driffield and Max Munday

Applied Economics, 1998, vol. 30, issue 5, 705-709

Abstract: This paper examines the extent to which foreign direct investment (FDI) in selected UK manufacturing sectors has an impact on reported profits in domestic firms. Foreign manufacturing firms are characterized by relatively high labour productivity and low wage shares. Entry by foreign firms not only impacts on domestic market shares, but also on domestic cost conditions. As a result, profitability in the indigenous sector may be reduced. There are a number of policy implications of this analysis which are explored.

Date: 1998
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