Foreign Direct Investment in the United States

By: Edward Graham, Theodore Moran, Lindsay Oldenski, Paul Krugman

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Paperback | 1 December 1994 | Edition Number 3

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The share of the US economy controlled by foreign firms has tripled since the mid-1970s. The authors find that foreign firms appear to invest in the United States mainly to exploit their individual advantages in management and technology - the same reasons why American firms invest abroad - rather than because the United States is now running large deficits and has become a large debtor nation. Foreign-owned firms do not pay lower wages or shift good jobs and research and development away from the United States. Foreign-owned firms and especially Japanese firms do, however, have a marked tendency to import more of their production inputs. The authors warn that the President's new legislative authority to screen FDI on national security grounds could easily be abused, but endorse using this authority to ensure access to critical technologies or production processes including a requirement on some foreign firms to invest in the United States. They propose new international rules to minimize governmental interference and harmonize policies toward multinational firms.

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Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Extent and Trends	p. 7
What Is FDI?	p. 7
The Rise of FDI: Alternative Measures	p. 11
The Mechanics of FDI	p. 21
The Role of Japan	p. 23
Banking	p. 24
Real Estate	p. 28
FDI in Other Countries	p. 31
Conclusions	p. 33
Sources of Growth	p. 35
The Theory of Foreign Direct Investment	p. 35
Evidence on FDI in the United States	p. 38
The Role of Financial Markets	p. 42
Taxation	p. 47
Protection	p. 49
The Business Cycle	p. 50
Three Case Histories	p. 51
The Outlook for FDI	p. 55
Conclusions	p. 56
Economic Impact	p. 57
The Gains from FDI	p. 57
The Potential Costs of FDI	p. 59
Characteristics of FDI in the United States	p. 67
The "Fire Sale" Issue	p. 80
Transfer Pricing and Tax Avoidance	p. 82
Conclusions	p. 84
Political Effects	p. 85
The Economics of Foreign-Owned Factors	p. 86
Political Influence of Foreign-Owned Firms	p. 88
How Much Does It Matter?	p. 90
International Rules of the Game	p. 92
National Security Concerns	p. 95
FDI and National Security in Time of War or National Emergency	p. 96
FDI by Friendly Powers	p. 111
Some Unresolved Issues	p. 119
Current US Policy	p. 121
Federal Policy	p. 122
State and Local Policies	p. 140
Comparisons with Other Nations	p. 144
Conclusions	p. 146
Policy Alternatives	p. 149
Proposals for Changes in US Policy That Are Unsound	p. 152
An Agenda for US Policy on FDI	p. 161
Conclusions	p. 173
Appendices
US Data on Foreign Direct Investment	p. 179
Industrial-Organization Explanations of Foreign Direct Investment	p. 191
References	p. 195
Index	p. 201
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