Regulatory policy and the location of bio-pharmaceutical FDI in Europe

Pre-print, Working paper: This paper examines the relationship bewteen cross-country differences in drug price regulation and the location of biopharmaceutical Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Europe. We use a theoretically-grounded location-choice model and data on 294 investments initiated in 27 European countries between 2002 and 2006 to test the hypothesis that biopharmaceutical companies are less likely to locate new investments in countries with more stringent price regulation.

Author(s)

Pamina Koenig, Megan Macgarvie

Date of publication
  • 2009
Keywords JEL
F23 I18
Keywords
  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • Location choices
  • Price regulations
  • Discrete choice model
Internal reference
  • PSE Working Papers n°2009-11
Version
  • 1