Foreign direct investment, employment volatility and cyclical dumping:
This paper analyzes the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the patterns of cyclical dumping (exporting at a price below marginal cost). We consider a global economy where manufacturing is monopolistic-competitive, and productivity is subject to country- specific shocks. Labor is risk avers...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This paper analyzes the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the patterns of cyclical dumping (exporting at a price below marginal cost). We consider a global economy where manufacturing is monopolistic-competitive, and productivity is subject to country- specific shocks. Labor is risk averse and immobile across countries, and entrepreneurs are risk neutral. Labor employment and income is governed by implicit contracts, which offer stable real income and volatile employment. Capacity investment is irreversible, and is done prior to the resolution of uncertainty. If investment in manufacturing capacity is characterized by returns to scale, higher volatility of productivity shocks is shown to induce producers to diversify internationally by means of FDI. The resultant integrated equilibrium is characterized by greater volatility of employment, as the multinational effectively reallocates employment from a low- realized-productivity to a high-realized-productivity country. We derive a simple condition characterizing cyclical dumping -- it occurs when the percentage shortfall of the realized employment exceeds Lerner's ratio of market power (the inverse of the demand elasticity). Cyclical dumping is more frequent in more competitive and more labor- intensive industries. FDI is shown both to improve welfare, and to increase the incidences of cyclical dumping. |
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| spelling | Aizenman, Joshua 1949- Verfasser (DE-588)124080057 aut Foreign direct investment, employment volatility and cyclical dumping Joshua Aizenman Cambridge, Mass. 1994 30 S. graph. Darst. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 4683 This paper analyzes the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the patterns of cyclical dumping (exporting at a price below marginal cost). We consider a global economy where manufacturing is monopolistic-competitive, and productivity is subject to country- specific shocks. Labor is risk averse and immobile across countries, and entrepreneurs are risk neutral. Labor employment and income is governed by implicit contracts, which offer stable real income and volatile employment. Capacity investment is irreversible, and is done prior to the resolution of uncertainty. If investment in manufacturing capacity is characterized by returns to scale, higher volatility of productivity shocks is shown to induce producers to diversify internationally by means of FDI. The resultant integrated equilibrium is characterized by greater volatility of employment, as the multinational effectively reallocates employment from a low- realized-productivity to a high-realized-productivity country. We derive a simple condition characterizing cyclical dumping -- it occurs when the percentage shortfall of the realized employment exceeds Lerner's ratio of market power (the inverse of the demand elasticity). Cyclical dumping is more frequent in more competitive and more labor- intensive industries. FDI is shown both to improve welfare, and to increase the incidences of cyclical dumping. Mathematisches Modell Dumping (International trade) Mathematical models Employment (Economic theory) Mathematical models Investments, Foreign Mathematical models National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 4683 (DE-604)BV002801238 4683 |
| spellingShingle | Aizenman, Joshua 1949- Foreign direct investment, employment volatility and cyclical dumping National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series Mathematisches Modell Dumping (International trade) Mathematical models Employment (Economic theory) Mathematical models Investments, Foreign Mathematical models |
| title | Foreign direct investment, employment volatility and cyclical dumping |
| title_auth | Foreign direct investment, employment volatility and cyclical dumping |
| title_exact_search | Foreign direct investment, employment volatility and cyclical dumping |
| title_full | Foreign direct investment, employment volatility and cyclical dumping Joshua Aizenman |
| title_fullStr | Foreign direct investment, employment volatility and cyclical dumping Joshua Aizenman |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foreign direct investment, employment volatility and cyclical dumping Joshua Aizenman |
| title_short | Foreign direct investment, employment volatility and cyclical dumping |
| title_sort | foreign direct investment employment volatility and cyclical dumping |
| topic | Mathematisches Modell Dumping (International trade) Mathematical models Employment (Economic theory) Mathematical models Investments, Foreign Mathematical models |
| topic_facet | Mathematisches Modell Dumping (International trade) Mathematical models Employment (Economic theory) Mathematical models Investments, Foreign Mathematical models |
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