TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCaig,Brian
AU  - Pavcnik,Nina
AU  - Wong,Woan Foong
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - FDI Inflows and Domestic Firms: Adjustments to New Export Opportunities 
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
KW  - Trade Policy • International Trade Organizations
KW  - jelc
KW  - Empirical Studies of Trade
KW  - Industrialization • Manufacturing and Service Industries • Choice of Technology
KW  - International Linkages to Development • Role of International Organizations
N1  - December 2022; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - We investigate the long-term effects of export opportunities to a large destination market on multinational affiliates and domestic firms in a low-income host country. The US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement reduced US import tariffs on exports from Vietnam. Tariff reductions led to entry of foreign and private firms and to employment expansion in formal manufacturing, with foreign entrants contributing most to employment growth. State firms stall employment reallocation through slower contraction. Half of tariff-induced foreign entrant growth is post-entry and exporter-driven. Foreign entrants are from non-US sources, highlighting the importance of studying FDI from multiple source countries in a lower-income host
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w30729
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w30729
ER  -