Production Offshoring and Investment by Japanese Firms

July 30, 2015

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Joong S Kang, and Shi Piao. Production Offshoring and Investment by Japanese Firms, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

We trace Japanese corporate investment across different types of firms over the past decades and estimate the main determinants of investment. We find that there are differences in investment behavior between firms expanding abroad and those operating mainly in domestic markets. On the back of a trend increase in production offshoring, investment by large companies, especially those in the transportation sector, is more positively associated with cash flow while responding less to Q ratio. These findings are consistent with the subdued recovery of private investment in recent years despite booming stock markets and the large build up of cash holdings by Japanese corporates.

Subject: Corporate investment, Currencies, Economic sectors, Financial crises, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Manufacturing, Money, National accounts, Private investment

Keywords: Bank borrowing, Capital, Corporate investment, Currencies, Economic growth, Expectations of demand growth, Firm, Firms in the transportation sector, Global, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Investment, Investment behavior, Japan, Japanese firm, Leverage ratio, Manufacturing, Offshoring, Private investment, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

20
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Working Paper No. 2015/183
Stock No:

WPIEA2015183
ISBN:

9781513557298
ISSN:

1018-5941

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