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Dynamic Effects of Foreign Direct Investment When Credit Markets are Imperfect

Thomas Gall, Marc Schiffbauer () and Julia Kubny
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Marc Schiffbauer: Economic & Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland

No dp-188, Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series from Boston University - Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper argues that foreign direct investment in economies with credit market imperfections may increase their vulnerability to capital flow shocks. Due to better access to financial markets foreign firms can use different wage contracts than domestic ones. This alters the domestic wage composition and the subsequent wealth distribution. Under credit market imperfections the wealth distribution typically determines an economy’s growth potential in autarky; hence high exposure to foreign direct investment may substantially impede the capability to recover from sudden withdrawals of foreign capital. This is substantiated by empirical evidence on durations of output recovery after systemic sudden stops.

Keywords: Credit market imperfections; foreign direct investment; growth; occupational choice; sudden stops (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 F43 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2009-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec and nep-fdg
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