The Choice of Foreign Locations of Swiss MNEs

An Analysis Based on Firm Data
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Arvanitis, Spyridon
Hollenstein, Heinz
Stucki, Tobias
Date
2012-08
Type
    Working Paper
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Abstract
In this paper, the parent firms’ choice of FDI locations is analyzed based on a unique firm-level dataset for Swiss MNEs. The data allows a detailed characterization of parent companies, their foreign subsidiaries and the two-way trade flows between parent companies and foreign affiliates. In combi Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-007362334
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KOF Working Papers
Volume
311
Publisher
KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich
Subject
ECONOMETRICS AND ECONOMETRIC MODELS (OPERATIONS RESEARCH); Foreign Direct Investment; MULTINATIONALE UNTERNEHMEN + KONZERNE; ÖKONOMETRIE UND ÖKONOMETRISCHE MODELLE (OPERATIONS RESEARCH); KAPITALEXPORTE + AUSLANDINVESTITIONEN + DIREKTINVESTITIONEN; Intra-Firm Trade; BUSINESS LOCATION + COMPANY DOMICILE (BUSINESS ECONOMICS); NIEDERLASSUNGEN + UNTERNEHMENSSITZ (BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFT); Global Location Portfolios; CAPITAL EXPORT + FOREIGN INVESTMENTS + DIRECT INVESTMENTS; MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS + CORPORATE GROUP
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02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute  
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