Transnational corporations' strategies and foreign trade patterns in MERCOSUR countries in the 1990s
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Even though the transnational corporation affiliates obtained productivity gains in the 1990s, they have not yet been reflected in a significant increase in exports. As such, the foreign direct investment boom seemingly has not yet contributed to a better insertion of MERCOSUR countries in the 1990s.
Publication Name: Cambridge Journal of Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0309-166X
Year: 2004
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Export versus Foreign Direct Investment with heterogeneous firms
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A study conducted on exports and Foreign Direct Investment shows that firms can serve foreign customers through a number of channels. The type of foreign investment is "horizontal" which means investment in a foreign production facility that serves customers in a foreign market.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2004
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Why is manufacturing trade rising even as manufacturing output falling?
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The increase in manufacturing exports and decline in manufacturing output of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries is examined. The reasons for such a trend are discussed.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2004
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