Aggregate Gains of International Diversification Through Foreign Direct Investment: An Inquiry into the Moderation of U.S. Business Cycles
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2007
Abstract
Over the last 20 years the U.S. economy has experienced a strong reduction in the volatility of GDP growth. This paper documents and models the rapid growth of multinational corporations as a source of gradual decline in output and investment volatility. The paper introduces internationally diversified multinational firms into the financial accelerator framework; where international operations provide multinational firms with smoother paths of net worth that result in less volatile financing costs, investment and production. Model simulations suggest that larger multinational corporations can account for up to a 19 percent and 27 percent decline in output and investment volatility, respectively.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Portes, Luis, "Aggregate Gains of International Diversification Through Foreign Direct Investment: An Inquiry into the Moderation of U.S. Business Cycles" (2007). Department of Economics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 8.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/economics-facpubs/8