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Productivity Growth, Human Capital, and Technology Spillovers: Nonparametric Evidence for EU Regions

Badinger, Harald; Egger, Peter; von Ehrlich, Maximilian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper assesses the strength of productivity spillovers non-parametrically in a data-set of 12 industries and 231 NUTS2 regions in 17 European Union member countries between 1992 and 2006. It devotes particular attention to measuring catching up through spillovers depending on the technology...

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Organization of Multinational Activities and Ownership Structure

Mugele, Christian; Schnitzer, Monika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We develop a model in which multinational investors decide about the modes of organization, the locations of production, and the markets to be served. Foreign investments are driven by market-seeking and cost-reducing motives. We further assume that investors face costs of control that vary...

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Agglomeration Economies, Technology Spillovers and Company Productivity Growth

Geroski, Paul A; Samiei, Hossein - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper examines some of the determinants of total factor productivity growth using a sample of 216 large UK firms observed over the period 1974–90, and then using three further samples which were used to check the robustness of the results. The main focus of the paper is on identifying the...

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Multinational Enterprises, International Trade and Productivity Growth: Firm-Level Evidence from the US

Keller, Wolfgang; Yeaple, Stephen R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

(FDI) between the years 1987-96. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to significant … productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 14% of … weaker than for FDI. The Paper also gives a detailed account of why our study leads to results different from those found in …

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High-Tech Clusters, Technology Spillovers and Trade Secret Laws

Fosfuri, Andrea; Rønde, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We analyse firms’ incentives to cluster in an industrial district to benefit from reciprocal technology spillovers. A simple model of cumulative innovation is presented where technology spillovers arise endogenously through labour mobility. It is shown that firms’ incentives to cluster are...

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Cross-Border and Foreign-Affiliate Sales of Services: Evidence From German Micro-Data

Kelle, Markus; Kleinert, Jörn; Raff, Horst; Toubal, Farid - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We merge German balance-of-payments and foreign-affiliate-trade statistics to obtain data about trade in commercial services at the firm level. We use these data to study export market participation and the choice of export mode: cross-border versus foreign-affiliate sales. We find that for...

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Offshoring and the Onshore Composition of Tasks and Skills

Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We analyze the relationship between offshoring and the onshore workforce composition in German multinational enterprises (MNEs), using plant data that allow us to discern tasks, occupations, and workforce skills. Offshoring is associated with a statistically significant shift towards more...

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Location Choice and Employment Decisions: A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals

Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Using data on German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper analyses determinants of international location choice and the degree of substitutability of labour across locations. Countries with highly skilled labour forces strongly attract German but not necessarily Swedish...

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Multinationals' Productivity Advantage: Scale or Technology

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

The first aim of this paper is to decompose the productivity advantage of foreign multinationals into two components: the technology and scale effect. The second aim is to analyse the causal relationship between foreign ownership and these two components of productivity growth. We do so by...

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Multinational Enterprises and New Trade Theory: Evidence for the Convergence Hypothesis

Barrios, Salvador; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

According to the ‘convergence hypothesis’, multinational companies will tend to displace national firms and trade as total market size increases and as countries converge in relative size, factor endowments, and production costs. Using a recent model developed by Markusen and Venables (1998)...

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