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Fortune or Evil? The Effect of Inward Foreign Direct Investment on Corruption
Pinto, Pablo M.; Zhu, Boliang - 2017
of corruption. According to received wisdom, the link between globalization and corruption depends on the presence of … actors. Yet, the positive association between inward investment and corruption is mitigated in more developed economies … lowers opportunities for corrupt behavior. We test this nonlinear relationship between FDI and corruption in an instrumental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014211533
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The effect of tax treaties on multinational firms : new evidence from microdata
Davies, Ronald B.; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Tekin-Koru, Ayça - 2010
This paper uses affiliate level data from Swedish multinationals to examine the impact of tax treaties on both overall affiliate sales and the composition of those sales. In line with previous results, we find little evidence for an effect of treaties on the level of total sales. We do, however,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969188
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The Effect of Tax Treaties on Multinational Firms : New Evidence from Microdata
Davies, Ronald B. - 2011
This paper uses affiliate level data from Swedish multinationals to examine the impact of tax treaties on both overall affiliate sales and the composition of those sales. In line with previous results, we find little evidence for an effect of treaties on the level of total sales. We do, however,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130698
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Asymmetric Effects of Corruption on FDI: Evidence from Swedish Multinational Firms
Hakkala, Katariina; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Svaleryd, Helena - 2005
We examine the effect of corruption on foreign direct investments. Our model shows that corruption may have different … market. Using Swedish firm-level data, we find that affiliate local sales decrease with corruption, while affiliate exports … increase. Finally, corruption has a negative effect on the probability that a foreign firm will invest in a country. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320077
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Corruption and FDI in Natural Resources : The Role of Economic Downturn and Crises
Cruz, Manuel David; Jha, Chandan Kumar; Kırşanlı, Fatih - 2022
This study adds to largely non-existent literature on corruption and foreign direct investment (FDI) in natural … 2020. We find that higher levels of corruption are associated with lower levels of FDI in natural resources, supporting the … likely to use the prevalence of corruption to disregard laws to attract greater FDI in natural resources to compensate for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014235747
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Foreign acquisitions, domestic multinationals, and R&D
Bandick, Roger; Görg, Holger; Karpaty, Patrik - 2010
manufacturing sector and different micro-econometric estimation strategies in order to control for the potential endogeneity of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571423
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Foreign acquisitions, domestic multinationals, and R&D
Bandick, Roger; Görg, Holger; Karpaty, Patrik - 2010
manufacturing sector and different micro-econometric estimation strategies in order to control for the potential endogeneity of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153574
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Foreign Acquisitions, Domestic Multinationals, and R&D
Bandick, Roger - 2010
manufacturing sector and different micro-econometric estimation strategies in order to control for the potential endogeneity of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136703
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Do firms or workers drive the foreign acquisition wage premium?
Rösch, Marcus; Gerritse, Michiel; Karreman, Bas; Oort, … - 2022
We decompose the wage premium after foreign acquisitions of Dutch domestic firms into the constituent firm- and worker-level premia. Firm-level premia grow up to 3.5%, accounting for the majority of the acquisition premium. Worker-level premia by contrast, grow up to 1% and only materialize with...
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Is There Really a Foreign Ownership Wage Premium? Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Heyman, Fredrik; Sjoholm, Fredrik; Tingvall, Patrik … - 2009
Numerous studies based on firm-level data have reported higher average wages in foreign-owned firms than in domestically-owned firms. This, however, does not necessarily imply that the individual worker's wage increase with foreign ownership. Using detailed matched employer-employee data, we...
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