Multinational Firms and The New Trade Theory.

A model is constructed in which multinational firms may arise endogenously. Multinationals exist in equilibrium when transport and tariff costs are high, incomes are high, and firm-level scale economies are important relative to plant-level scale economies. Less obvious, multinationals are more impo...

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Main Authors: Markusen, J, Venables, A
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: National Bureau of Economic Research 1995