Which Countries Export FDI, and How Much?

42 Pages Posted: 10 Feb 2004

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Assaf Razin

Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Yona Rubinstein

Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics

Efraim Sadka

Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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Date Written: January 2004

Abstract

The Paper provides a reconciliation of Lucas' paradox, based on fixed setup costs of new investments. With such costs, it does not pay a firm to make a 'small' investment, even though such an investment is called for by marginal productivity conditions. Using a sample of 45 developed and developing countries, we estimate jointly the participation equation (the decision whether to invest at all) and the FDI flow equation (the decision how much to invest). We find that countries, which are more likely to serve as source for FDI exports than their characteristics project, export lower flow of FDI than is predicted by their characteristics. This negative correlation suggests that the source countries with relatively low setup costs are also those with high marginal productivity of capital.

JEL Classification: F10, F30

Suggested Citation

Razin, Assaf and Rubinstein, Yona and Sadka, Efraim, Which Countries Export FDI, and How Much? (January 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=500903

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