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Commercial Policy and Foreign Ownership
Author(s) -
Ishikawa Jota,
Sugita Yoichi,
Zhao Laixun
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
review of international economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.513
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1467-9396
pISSN - 0965-7576
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2011.00948.x
Subject(s) - subsidy , foreign direct investment , harm , business , foreign ownership , control (management) , international economics , production (economics) , economics , international trade , market economy , macroeconomics , management , political science , law
Foreign multinationals often not only export but also control local firms through FDI. This paper examines the various effects of trade and industrial policies when exports and FDI coexist. We focus on the case in which a foreign firm has full control of a local firm through partial ownership. Cross‐border ownership on the basis of both financial interests and corporate control leads to horizontal market linkages through which tariffs and production subsidies may harm locally owned firms but benefit the foreign firm. Foreign ownership regulation benefits locally owned firms. These results could have strong policy implications for developing countries that attract an increasing share of world FDI.