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About this book
Why do governments open their economies to multinational enterprises (MNEs)? Some argue democratic forces promote this openness, but many citizen groups view multinational business with suspicion. Using quantitative and qualitative analysis, BauerleDanzman demonstrates how large domestic firms push to liberalize foreign direct investment (FDI) policies to ameliorate financing constraints, often to the detriment of smaller competitors. MNE entry comes with substantial risks, such as higher labour costs and increased productivity pressures, so well-connected domestic firms will prefer to limit access to local markets when the costs of debt financing are relatively low. However, when local environments make debt financing increasingly expensive, firms will be more willing to dismantle restrictive investment policies so that they may overcome liquidity constraints with equity financing from abroad. BauerleDanzman includes comparative analysis of Malaysia and Indonesia from 1965–2016 to illustrate how governments undertake investment policy reform, and to indicate the interest groups that influence the outcomes of these regulatory changes.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Describing FDI Policy through Time and Space
- 3 Financing Constraints and Liberalized Entry
- 4 Quantitative Tests: Financing Constraints and Liberalization
- 5 Quantitative Tests: Firm- and Industry-Level Evidence
- 6 Comparing Malaysia and Indonesia, 1965–1997
- 7 Crisis, Reform, and Policy Divergence: Malaysia and Indonesia, 1997–2013
- 8 Implications of Elite-Driven Integration
- References
- Index