| Abstract: | Explaining the Geography and Depth of International Production: The Case of US and Japanese Multinational Enterprises. — This paper analyzes the determinants of intercountry variation in the extent and depth of the presence of foreign affiliates of US and Japanese MNEs, using an extended model of the location of foreign production in a four-dimensional setting. Country size, income levels, and urbanization favour the location of MNEs’ production. Geographical and cultural proximity between countries encourage investment links. However, distance favours the localization of production. Better infrastructure attracts MNEs to a country. Restrictive trade and investment regimes although costing some MNE production may improve its depth. Investment and tax incentives do affect the patterns of location of production while the strength of patent regime does not. |
