Outward FDI and Domestic Input Distortions: Evidence from Chinese Firms

We examine how domestic distortions affect firms' production strategies abroad by documenting two puzzling findings using Chinese firm-level data of manufacturing firms. First, private multinational corporations (MNCs) are less productive than state-owned MNCs, but they are more productive than...

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Main Authors: Chen, C. (Author), Tian, W. (Author), Yu, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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