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The ability to cross borders in the production process gives firms an important tool in their bargaining with governments. To a large extent, it does not even matter what kind of border it is: city, state, or national. As long as different jurisdictions are competing to land new economic activities, or keep existing ones, companies have the potential to improve their outcomes in these bargaining games by using auctions among governments.
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In Helen Milner, Resisting Protectionism (1988), interdependence is operationalized at the firm level as export dependence and multinationality — again, trade and capital mobility.
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Thomas, K.P. (1997). Introduction. In: Capital beyond Borders. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25472-9_1
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