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Dynamic effects of foreign direct investment when credit markets are imperfect

Dynamic effects of foreign direct investment when credit markets are imperfect
Dynamic effects of foreign direct investment when credit markets are imperfect
This paper argues that foreign direct investment (FDI) may increase the vulnerability to capital flow shocks of economies with credit market imperfections. Because of worse access to financial markets, wages in domestic firms carry higher default risk than wages in foreign ones. This alters the domestic wage composition and the subsequent wealth distribution. When credit markets are imperfect, the wealth distribution typically determines an economy’s growth potential in autarky; hence, high exposure to FDI may significantly impede the capability to recover from sudden withdrawals of foreign capital. This appears consistent with a first glance at empirical evidence on durations of output recovery after systemic sudden stops.
credit market imperfections, foreign direct investment, inequality, growth, occupational choice, sudden stops
1365-1005
1797-1831
Gall, Thomas
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Schiffbauer, Marc
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Kubny, Julia
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Gall, Thomas
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Schiffbauer, Marc
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Gall, Thomas, Schiffbauer, Marc and Kubny, Julia (2014) Dynamic effects of foreign direct investment when credit markets are imperfect. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 18 (8), 1797-1831. (doi:10.1017/S1365100513000175).

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This paper argues that foreign direct investment (FDI) may increase the vulnerability to capital flow shocks of economies with credit market imperfections. Because of worse access to financial markets, wages in domestic firms carry higher default risk than wages in foreign ones. This alters the domestic wage composition and the subsequent wealth distribution. When credit markets are imperfect, the wealth distribution typically determines an economy’s growth potential in autarky; hence, high exposure to FDI may significantly impede the capability to recover from sudden withdrawals of foreign capital. This appears consistent with a first glance at empirical evidence on durations of output recovery after systemic sudden stops.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 3 July 2013
Published date: 1 December 2014
Keywords: credit market imperfections, foreign direct investment, inequality, growth, occupational choice, sudden stops
Organisations: Economics

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Local EPrints ID: 348657
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/348657
ISSN: 1365-1005
PURE UUID: b418e01d-7ea2-425b-8a2d-9fe7b2e2ba9a
ORCID for Thomas Gall: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2257-1405

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Date deposited: 21 Feb 2013 11:41
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:46

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Author: Thomas Gall ORCID iD
Author: Marc Schiffbauer
Author: Julia Kubny

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