Country Risks and the Investment Activity of U.S. Multinationals in Developing Countries /

This paper develops a simple real options model that demonstrates the role of country-specific risk and sunk costs in determining a multinational's choice between exports and foreign investment. The hypotheses from the model are tested for the distribution of capital expenditures by U.S.-owned...

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Huvudupphovsman: Lehmann, Alexander
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/133
Länkar:Full text available on IMF