The Role of Skill Endowments in the Structure of U.S. Outward Foreign Direct Investment
The Role of Skill Endowments in the Structure of U.S. Outward Foreign Direct Investment
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DOI：
10.1162/003465303322369849
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发表时间：
2003-08
影响因子：
8
通讯作者：
S. Yeaple
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作者：
S. Yeaple
本文报告了美国对外直接投资（FDI）的行业和国家决定因素的实证研究结果。这些结果有助于在两个方面的文献。首先，它们表明，美国FDI的结构反映了国家熟练劳动力丰富度和行业熟练劳动力密集度之间的相互作用，这与比较优势是一致的。其次，它们证实了早期研究的结果，即市场准入在美国外国直接投资的结构中起着重要作用。这些结果共同描绘了美国外国直接投资结构的全貌，为跨国企业理论的预测提供了依据。
This paper reports the results of an empirical study of the industry and country determinants of U.S. outward foreign direct investment (FDI). These results contribute to the literature in two dimensions. First, they demonstrate that the structure of U.S. FDI reflects an interaction between country skilled-labor abundance and industry skilled-labor intensities that is consistent with comparative advantage. Second, they confirm the results of early studies that market access plays an important role in the structure of U.S. FDI. Together these results paint a broad picture of the structure of U.S. FDI that casts light on the predictions of the theory of multinational enterprise.