Multinationals and plant exit: Evidence from Chile
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Multinationals and Plant Exit: Evidence from Chile
This paper examines the link between multinational enterprises and plant exit in Chile. We investigate three main questions: are affiliates of foreign multinationals more likely to exit than domestic firms? Does the exit probability of multinationals depend on its export orientation?, and Does the presence of multinationals affect the survival of other firms in the economy? Our results show tha...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Review of Economics & Finance
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1059-0560
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2008.02.011