Home Country Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Sweden

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Magnus Blomstrom

Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), at New York; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Ari Kokko

Stockholm School of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: February 1994

Abstract

This paper examines two broad issues related to foreign investment by Swedish multinationals: first the effects of outward foreign direct investment on domestic investment, exports, and employment, and second, the effects on the domestic economy from the increasing division of labor between the parents and foreign affiliates of Swedish MNCs. The paper summarizes and synthesizes the existing empirical evidence on these matters (much of which has hitherto only been available in Swedish) and discusses some possible long run effects that have not received much attention in the literature.

Suggested Citation

Blomstrom, Magnus and Kokko, Ari, Home Country Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Sweden (February 1994). NBER Working Paper No. w4639, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=254530

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