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| Title: | | Should I stay or should I go? : A note on employment protection, domestic anchorage, and FDI  |
| Authors: | | Dewit, Gerda Görg, Holger Montagna, Catia |
| Issue Date: | | 2003 |
| Citation: | | [Series:] IZA discussion papers [Editor:] Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, Bonn [No.:] 845 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion paper series 845 |
| Abstract: | | This paper examines how employment protection legislation affects location decisions of multinationals. Based on a simple theoretical framework, we estimate an empirical model, using OECD-data on bilateral FDI-flows and employment protection indices. We find that, while an ?unfavourable? employment protection differential between a domestic and a foreign location is inimical to foreign direct investment (FDI), a high domestic level of employment protection tends to discourage outward FDI. The results are in line with our conjecture that strict employment protection in the firm?s home country makes firms reluctant to relocate abroad and keeps them ?anchored? at home. |
| Subjects: | | uncertainty , employment protection , foreign direct investment , domestic anchorage |
| JEL: | | D80 J80 F23 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des IfW IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) Economists Online
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