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Download or read book Determinants of Location Choices by Multinational Firms written by Lionel Gérard Fontagné and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We provide in this paper a survey of recent empirical evidence concerning the determinants of location choices by multinational firms for their production affiliates. While the concerns about delocation/offshoring of manufacturing activities have been dominated by the belief that low production costs or taxes are the main drivers of attractiveness, the inspection of rigorous econometric work reveals that those "fear-factors" of location are largely dominated by the desire to be close to consumers and suppliers and to follow the choices of competitors.