Correlation between Sales of Foreign Affiliates and Productivity of Multinational Firms: Evidence from Korean Firm-Level Data
Using firm-level panel data for Korean multinational enterprises (MNEs), we make a distinction between being the only affiliate of a parent firm and being one of the multiple affiliates of a parent firm. In particular, we attempt to find a correlation between the sales of foreign affiliates and the...
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| description | Using firm-level panel data for Korean multinational enterprises (MNEs), we make a distinction between being the only affiliate of a parent firm and being one of the multiple affiliates of a parent firm. In particular, we attempt to find a correlation between the sales of foreign affiliates and the productivity of multinational firms. Our main empirical results in this paper suggest that productive Korean MNEs would enlarge the number of affiliates in the host country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23c1756e6d6a4bf2877913809226d51c2022-12-22T01:20:54ZengKorea Institute for International Economic PolicyEast Asian Economic Review2508-16402508-16672013-09-01173261279http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2013.17.3.266Correlation between Sales of Foreign Affiliates and Productivity of Multinational Firms: Evidence from Korean Firm-Level DataJung Hur 0Jiwon Lee 1Hea-Jung Hyun 2Department of Economics, Sogang UniversityDepartment of Economics, Sogang UniversityCollege of International Studies, Kyung Hee UniversityUsing firm-level panel data for Korean multinational enterprises (MNEs), we make a distinction between being the only affiliate of a parent firm and being one of the multiple affiliates of a parent firm. In particular, we attempt to find a correlation between the sales of foreign affiliates and the productivity of multinational firms. Our main empirical results in this paper suggest that productive Korean MNEs would enlarge the number of affiliates in the host country.http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2013.17.3.266Foreign Direct InvestmentMultinationalsFirm ProductivityLocation Decision |
| spellingShingle | Jung Hur Jiwon Lee Hea-Jung Hyun Correlation between Sales of Foreign Affiliates and Productivity of Multinational Firms: Evidence from Korean Firm-Level Data East Asian Economic Review Foreign Direct Investment Multinationals Firm Productivity Location Decision |
| title | Correlation between Sales of Foreign Affiliates and Productivity of Multinational Firms: Evidence from Korean Firm-Level Data |
| title_full | Correlation between Sales of Foreign Affiliates and Productivity of Multinational Firms: Evidence from Korean Firm-Level Data |
| title_fullStr | Correlation between Sales of Foreign Affiliates and Productivity of Multinational Firms: Evidence from Korean Firm-Level Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Correlation between Sales of Foreign Affiliates and Productivity of Multinational Firms: Evidence from Korean Firm-Level Data |
| title_short | Correlation between Sales of Foreign Affiliates and Productivity of Multinational Firms: Evidence from Korean Firm-Level Data |
| title_sort | correlation between sales of foreign affiliates and productivity of multinational firms evidence from korean firm level data |
| topic | Foreign Direct Investment Multinationals Firm Productivity Location Decision |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2013.17.3.266 |
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