Do Intangible Assets Explain High U.S. Foreign Direct Investment Returns?
Overview
U.S. investors abroad receive a higher return on their assets than their counterparts that invest in the United States. I examine the degree to which excluding intangible assets from the measurement of foreign direct investment can account for this gap. Using a growth accounting framework, I estimate intangible capital stocks for foreign-owned a liates and nd that including unmeasured capital reduces the gap by up to two thirds. U.S. a liates abroad hold a relatively large share of their assets as intangible capital since they are taxed at the relatively high U.S. corporate rate and intangible investment is expensed. Accounting for intangibles reduces a similar gap in British FDI returns by nearly half.
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- ISBN-13: 9781288732050
- ISBN-10: 1288732058
- Publisher: Bibliogov
- Publish Date: February 2013
- Dimensions: 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.07 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.18 pounds
- Page Count: 36
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