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Regional headquarters and foreign direct investment

Salvador Gil-parejaRafael Llorca‐viveroJordi Paniagua

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structural gravityFDIGeography Planning and DevelopmentheadquartersspilloversUNESCO::CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAScredit constraintsDevelopmentintangible capital

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Headquarters (HQs) provide a wide range of services, playing a fundamental role in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). We use the structural gravity equation to investigate the effect of regional HQs on three dimensions of FDI (number of foreign projects, capital investment, and jobs) at the country-pair-sector level. Furthermore, we explore two underlying mechanisms that help explain this relationship: financial constraints and informational costs and uncertainty. We find a positive effect of regional HQs on FDI, as well as intercountry and intersector spillovers. Our results are robust, accounting for HQ intensity, domestic investment, and endogeneity tests.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2022-03-02Review of International Economics
https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12605