Frank / Freeman / Shell Distributional Consequences of Direct Foreign Investment

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-7153-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Web PDF

Distributional Consequences of Direct Foreign Investment examines the net effect of direct foreign investment (DFI) on both U.S. employment demand in the short run and on the level and distribution of domestic income in the long run. Topics covered range from measurement of home-foreign substitution to the employment impact of DFI and the long-run distributional consequences of overseas investment. Short-run labor market adjustments to unemployment resulting from overseas production transfers are also discussed. Comprised of nine chapters, this volume begins with a survey of existing studies of the DFI phenomenon that critically evaluates the question of what firms would or could have done in the absence of a DFI alternative. The reader is then introduced to an alternative framework within which to estimate the degree of substitutability of home for foreign production. This framework consists of a microeconomic model of the multinational firm as it operates under two alternative policy regimes, one of which places no restrictions on the firm's activities and the second denies it the option of establishing a foreign production subsidiary. Input-output techniques, together with information on substitutability, are used to obtain estimates of the net employment impact of DFI. A probabilistic model of an industry labor market is also presented. In addition, the book analyzes the effect of technology transfer through licensing on the size and composition of domestic income. This monograph will be useful to practitioners who employ econometrics and mathematical economics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frank, Robert H.

Freeman, Richard T.

Shell, Karl

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Distributional Consequences of Direct Foreign Investment;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Preface;8
6;Chapter I. Introduction;12
7;Chapter II. Literature Survey;18
7.1;Survey Studies;19
7.2;Statistical Tabulations;21
7.3;The Product-Cycle Literature;25
7.4;Case Evaluations;27
7.5;Econometric Studies;31
8;Chapter III. Measurement of Home-Foreign Substitution;38
8.1;Factors Affecting Home-Foreign Substitution;38
8.2;A Simple Model for Measuring Home-Foreign Substitution;43
9;Chapter IV. Micro Model Extensions;52
9.1;Variable Unit Costs, Foreign Sales Only;52
9.2;Home Sales Included;57
10;Chapter V. The Employment Impact of Direct Foreign Investment;60
10.1;The Basic Input–Output Calculation;61
10.2;Data Sources and Preparation;64
10.3;Calculation of Net Employment Effects;68
11;Chapter VI. The Effect of DFI on the Occupational Composition of Domestic Employment Demand;76
12;Chapter VII. Short-Run Labor Market Adjustments to Unemployment Resulting from Overseas Production Transfers;82
13;Chapter VIII. The Long-Run Distributional Consequences of Overseas Investment;96
13.1;Direct Foreign Investment in a Long-Run Model;99
13.2;The Foreign Investment Model;101
13.3;The Long-Run Effects of Direct Foreign Investment;107
13.4;Distributional Effects on Savings in the DFI Model;111
13.5;Direct Technology Transfer in a Long-Run Model;116
13.6;Summary;120
14;Chapter IX. Concluding Remarks;122
15;Appendix A: Details on Calculation of s Values;128
16;Appendix B: Technical Proofs;132
17;Appendix C: Tables;136
18;Appendix D: The Industry Labor Market Model;144
19;Appendix E: Sensitivity Tests;158
20;References;164