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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2016
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Working Paper No. 803
Verlag: 
Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance, London
Zusammenfassung: 
Can a temporary negative shock generate long-lasting effects on economic activities? To show causal evidence, we utilize data from Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) and explore the economic impact of the unexpected escalation of an island dispute between China and Japan in 2012. Our difference-in-differences (DID) estimation substantiates that a sharp, but temporary fall in local sales of Japanese MNCs in China led to persistent downward deviation of foreign direct investment (FDI) from its trend. Moreover, despite the quick recovery of local sales, Japanese MNCs in China have continued to underestimate their local sales, which generates pessimistic and more dispersed forecast errors after the island crisis. We view this as evidence for a belief-driven channel through which a large and unexpected negative shock leads agents to revise their beliefs and start tail risk hedging.
Schlagwörter: 
Uncertainty
Forecasts
FDI
Geopolitical Conflicts
Business Cycles
JEL: 
D84
E22
E32
F23
Dokumentart: 
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