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1、外文翻譯原文EXPORTINGANDFDIASALTERNATIVESTRATEGIESMaterialSource:OXFORDREVIEWOFECONOMICPOLICY,VOL.20,Author:KeithHead,JohnRiesExportsandoverseasproductionarealternativemodesforservingforeigncustomers.Empiricalstudiesusuallyfindthatforeignmarketsareservedthroughbothmodesandthatcountriesrece
2、ivinghighlevelsofexportsalsohostlargeamountsofforeigndirectinvestment(FDI).ThispaperevaluatesseveralpossiblewaystoreconcilethefactsaboutFDIandexportswiththestandardtheoryofmultinationalcorporations.WearguethatcoexistenceandcorrelationofFDIandexportsareconsistentwithmodelswherethetwom
3、odesaresubstitutes.Thissubstitutiverelationshipfindscollaborativeevidenceintheresultsofseveralpapers.Nevertheless,asignificantbodyofevidencesuggeststhatFDIsometimescomplementsexportsthroughthemechanismofstimulatingexportsofintermediategoodsforusebyoverseasaffiliates.I.INTRODUCTIONMul
4、tinationalcorporations(MNCs)recurrentlyfacethesamequestion:shouldwesupplyproductXtocustomersincountryjusingourexistingfactoryincountryiorshouldweinvestinafacilitythatcanmanufacturelocallyincountryj?Togiveconcreteexamples,bothauthorsofthispaperdrivecarsmanufacturedbyJapanesefirms.Onec
5、arwasproducedatSubaru’smainplantinGunma,Japan,whiletheotherwasproducedinGeorgetown,Kentucky.Theseexamplesmakeitclearthat,atthelevelofanindividualproduct,exportingandforeigndirectinvestment(FDI)arealternativestrategiesforreachinganoverseascustomer.Muchempiricalworkhasstruggledtofindst
6、atisticalevidencetosupportthisproposition.ThispaperoutlinesalternativetheoriesoftheMNCtoidentifytheeconomicmechanismslinkingFDIandexports.WethenreviewthelargeliteratureonwhetherexportingandFDIaresubstitutesorcomplements.Withfewexceptions,moststudiesfindapositiverelationshipbetweenexp
7、ortsandFDI.Someauthorsinterpret20thisasevidenceof‘complementarity’betweenthetwovariables.Othersquestiontheeconometrics,arguingthatthepositiverelationshipcouldbespurious.Wearguethattheempiricalevidencedoesnotcontradictthetheoreticalpredictionofsubstitutionattheproductlevel.Indeed,subs
8、titutionisfo