Multinational Production: Data and Stylized Facts
构建了一个包含59个国家1996-2001年跨国企业子公司收入和数量的双边数据集，通过外推法填补缺失值，揭示了跨国生产活动的集约和广延边际新特征。
We present a comprehensive data set on the bilateral activity of multinational firms, with focus on two variables: affiliate revenues and the number of affiliates across country pairs. Our basic data are from UNCTAD and include 59 countries, an average over 1996-2001. We implement an extrapolation procedure that fills in missing values using, alternately, FDI stocks and the bilateral number of M&A transactions. Our dataset allows for the analysis of new patterns of multinational production activities across countries, by taking into account firm rather than balance of payment variables, and both the intensive and extensive margins of multinational activities.