TY - JOUR AU - Blomstrom,Magnus AU - Kokko,Ari TI - Home Country Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Sweden JF - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series VL - No. 4639 PY - 1995 Y2 - August 1995 UR - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4639 L1 - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4639.pdf N1 - Author contact info: Magnus Blomstrom European Institute of Japanese Studies Stockholm School of Economics Post Office Box 6501, Sveavagen 65 S-113 83 Stockholm SWEDEN Tel: 46-8-7369265 Fax: 46-8-313017 E-Mail: magnus.blomstrom@gmail.com Ari Kokko European Institute of Japanese Studies Stockholm School of Economics S-113 83 Stockholm, SWEDEN E-Mail: ako.int@cbs.dk AB - This paper examines two broad issues related to foreign investment by Swedish multinationals: first the effects of outward foreign direct investment on domestic investment, exports, and employment, and second, the effects on the domestic economy from the increasing division of labor between the parents and foreign affiliates of Swedish MNCs. The paper summarizes and synthesizes the existing empirical evidence on these matters (much of which has hitherto only been available in Swedish) and discusses some possible long run effects that have not received much attention in the literature. ER -