Foreign ownership, firm performance, and the geography of civic capital

Matthias Bürker, Chiara Franco, G. Alfredo Minerva

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Abstract

It is well established in the literature that foreign affiliates are subject to a series of governance and assimilation costs that may deteriorate their performance. This is particularly relevant for firms which have been recently acquired by foreign investors. We employ the variation in civic capital across Italian provinces as an exogenous determinant of these governance costs. We claim that the effect of foreign ownership on productivity is less favorable in areas where civic capital is low. As the level of local civic capital increases, the scope for opportunistic behavior is reduced, which makes the governance of foreign affiliates easier and improves their performance.We take this prediction to the data and find confirmation of our conceptual framework. Our analysis uncovers the importance of the geographic heterogeneity of informal norms and institutions in analyzing the nexus between foreign ownership and performance.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)964-984
Numero di pagine21
RivistaRegional Science and Urban Economics
Volume43
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2013
Pubblicato esternamente

Keywords

  • Civic capital
  • Foreign direct investment
  • Performance of foreign owned firms
  • Total factor productivity

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