Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare

In contrast to the usual belief, we show that a lower product-market competition may make the consumers better off and increase welfare when foreign firms strategically choose between export and foreign direct investment (FDI). A lower product-market competition may increase consumer surplus and wel...

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Main Authors: Mukherjee, Arijit, Sinha, Uday Bhanu
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31590/
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description In contrast to the usual belief, we show that a lower product-market competition may make the consumers better off and increase welfare when foreign firms strategically choose between export and foreign direct investment (FDI). A lower product-market competition may increase consumer surplus and welfare by inducing FDI. The higher welfare stems from the increased production efficiency under FDI compared to export by the foreign firm.
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spelling nottingham-315902020-05-04T17:29:00Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31590/ Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare Mukherjee, Arijit Sinha, Uday Bhanu In contrast to the usual belief, we show that a lower product-market competition may make the consumers better off and increase welfare when foreign firms strategically choose between export and foreign direct investment (FDI). A lower product-market competition may increase consumer surplus and welfare by inducing FDI. The higher welfare stems from the increased production efficiency under FDI compared to export by the foreign firm. Elsevier 2016-02-01 Article PeerReviewed Mukherjee, Arijit and Sinha, Uday Bhanu (2016) Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare. Economics Letters, 139 . pp. 43-45. ISSN 0165-1765 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176515005224 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.12.013 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.12.013
spellingShingle Mukherjee, Arijit
Sinha, Uday Bhanu
Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare
title Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare
title_full Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare
title_fullStr Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare
title_full_unstemmed Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare
title_short Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare
title_sort competition, foreign direct investment and welfare
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31590/
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