Abstract
This paper analyses the operations of the Japanese multinational corporations in the world economy by constructing and estimating a Japanese foreign direct investment system. This system models the determinants of manufacturing foreign direct investment (FDI), the trade between Japan and her overseas affiliates as well as the sales of the manufacturing subsidiaries and those of the trading subsidiaries. The error-correction modelling techniques are adopted for estimation in order to capture both the short- and long-run adjustment processes. Finally, simulations are conducted on the model to analyse the effects of changes in the world economy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 311-335 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Japan and the World Economy |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2000 |
Funding
sThe authors are grateful for the useful comments from two anonymous referees, a member of Board of Editors, Professor Lawrence Klein (University of Pennsylvania), Shu-ichi Iizuka (NEC Semiconductors (UK) Ltd., Scotland), Kazuo Inaba (Ritsumeikan University), Jonathan Ireland (Strathclyde University), Nigel Pain (National Institute of Economic and Social Research), Seishi Madono (Senshu University), and Yasuo Nakanishi (Senshu University). Morikawa would also like to thank the Central Research
Keywords
- Foreign direct investment (FDI)
- International intra-firm trade
- Macroeconomic model
- Simulation analysis
