The Location of Japanese Investments in China: Agglomeration Effects, Keiretsu, and Firm Heterogeneity

By René Belderbos, Martin A. Carree. 2002

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Abstract Conditional logit analysis of locational choices by Japanese electronics manufacturers in China's regions and provinces during 1990–1995 confirms a major impact of general industry, Japanese, and keiretsu-specific agglomeration benefits. The effects of key determinants of locational choice vary substantially by investor size and market orientation of manufacturing plants. Small and medium-sized enterprises are more sensitive to Japanese agglomeration and prefer locations closer to Japan than larger firms, but appear to benefit less from region-specific investment incentives. Export-oriented plants are more responsive than local-market-oriented plants to Japanese (keiretsu) agglomeration and the presence of seaports, but appear less responsive to regional demand and region-specific incentives. J. Japan. Int. Econ. , June 2002, 16 (2) pp. 194–211. Department of Management Science, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Maastricht, University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. © 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: F23, R30.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics

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Generic and Specific Social Learning Mechanisms in Foreign Entry Location Choice (2011, background): “(1998), in which case clustering is a phenomenon that may be better explained by cumulative within-group agglomeration benefits (e.g. Belderbos and Sleuwaegen, 1996; Hensiz and Delios, 2001; Belderbos and Carree, 2002).”
The FDI location decision: does liberalization matter? (2007, background): “al. (1992), Friedman et al. (1996), Glickman and Woodward (1988), Head et al. (1995, 1999), Luger and Shetty (1985), Woodward (1992), Shaver (1998) and Shaver and Flyer (2000) on FDI in the United States; Crozet et al. (2004), Ford and Strange (1999), Yamawaki (1991), Scaperlanda and Balough (1983) ”
Location decisions of Japanese new manufacturing plants in China: a discrete-choice analysis (2006, methodology): “Conditional logit model was then employed in other studies, and it is concluded that foreign investors’ location choices are highly hinged upon a place’s market volume, transportation infrastructure, high-quality labor force, policy environment, and industrial agglomeration ( Belderbos and Carree 20”
The FDI location decision: Distance and the effects of spatial dependence (2014, unknown): “Segev (2000), Belderbos and Carree (2002), Sun, Tong, and Yu (2002), Zhou, Delios, and Yang (2002), He (2002,”