Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/22038 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Working Paper No. 2007-22
Publisher: 
Kiel University, Department of Economics, Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper uses a proportional hazard model to study foreign direct investment by Japanese manufacturers in Europe between 1970 and 1994. We divide each firm?s investment total into a sequence of individual investment decisions and analyze how firm-specific characteristics affect each decision. We find that total factor productivity is a significant determinant of a firm?s initial and subsequent investments. Parent-firm size does not have a significant influence on the initial decision to invest. Large firms simply have more investments than smaller firms. Other firm-specific characteristics, such as the R&D intensity, export share and keiretsu membership, also play a role in the investment process.
Subjects: 
Foreign direct investment
productivity
hazard model
Japan
keiretsu
JEL: 
F23
L20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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