Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity
This paper examines the impact of immigrant innovators on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and the operations of the foreign affiliates of…
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Fiscal Consequences
Refugees, trade, and FDI
Humanitarian policies designed to welcome forced migrants can lead to unexpected economic benefits. This article examines how refugees create trade and investment connections between their new countries and their countries…
Migrants as Engines of Financial Globalization: The Case of Global Banking
Does international migration help spread global commerce? Recent studies show that international migration influences investment patterns, particularly by facilitating investment from migrants' host countries back to their countries of origin.…
The Influence of Macro Structure on the Foreign Market Performance of Transnational Firms: The Value of IGO Connections, Export Dependence, and Immigration Links
This study examines how larger, state-level structural factors influence the performance of transnational firms in foreign markets, focusing on the roles of sanctions and monitoring. We propose that transnational firms…
Good Economics for Hard Times
Specifically Chapter 2
Is It Merely a Labor Supply Shock? Impacts of Syrian Migrants on Local Economies in Turkey
A good paper showing similar results outside the U.S
Immigration, Innovation, and Growth
We show a causal impact of immigration on innovation and dynamism in US counties
The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration
This is a non-partisan, comprehensive, and excellent summary of decades of empirical research on the topic focused on the U.S. economy. It offers a balanced perspective of the common (and…