Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/109219 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2015-20
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper provides a different perspective on the firm-level empirical analysis of the relation between foreign ownership and capital demand adjustment in host countries. The author estimates a dynamic structural model of investment on a sample of 4672 Belgian firms observed between 2003 and 2010 that permits to distinguish the 'ownership status' of firms. He considers a dynamic discrete choice model of a general specification of adjustment costs including convex and nonconvex components. He uses the method of simulated moments procedure to estimate the structural parameters. The results indicate that multinational's affiliates face lower capital adjustment costs than national firms.
Subjects: 
Multinational Firms
Investment
Capital Adjustment Costs
JEL: 
F23
D24
D92
G31
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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