Political party tenure and MNE location choices

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cordero, Arkangel M.; Miller, Stewart R.
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas at San Antonio
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/s41267-019-00220-0
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 973-997
• 关键词: location strategy; political aspects of MNE activity; Poisson models

摘要

We develop a theoretical framework to explain how political party tenure affects MNE entries into an economy. We leverage insights from the upper echelon and public administration literatures to argue that there is a curvilinear relationship between political party tenure and MNE entries. Moreover, we argue that political parties with an excessive tenure are less responsive to MNEs and more corrupt. Therefore, we further explain the mediating effects of government bureaucratic responsiveness and government corruption on that relationship. We test our theory using a sample of manufacturing MNEs entering into Mexican cities. The results support our theory.