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-stage game with uncertainty it is demonstrated that location is influenced by both flexibility and strategic concerns. We show … provided uncertainty and foreign direct investment costs are low. …
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The theoretical effects of labour regulations such as employment protection legislation (EPL) on innovation is ambiguous, and empirical evidence has thus far been inconclusive. EPL increases job security and the greater enforceability of job contracts may increase worker investment in innovative...
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inventions. We find that uncertainty about the profitability of investing in new inventions generates a basis for intermediation …
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This Paper investigates the empirical relationship between uncertainty and investment dynamics. This is motivated by … uncertainty, as firms place a greater value on the option to wait. Using simulated data we show that this more cautious behaviour … can be detected as a smaller impact of sales growth on investment for firms facing higher uncertainty. Using a stock …
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start from the premise that adaptation to uncertainty cannot be contracted upon in the worker - employer relationship … volatility of firm sales and employment; it does not, however, amplify aggregate uncertainty. This theory is therefore a good … candidate in explaining the rise in firm level uncertainty witnessed in the US over the past 30 years. It also provides valuable …
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. The presence of demand uncertainty and irreversibility gives rise to an interior solution, whereby the multinational does …
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We study how the labour market and industry uncertainty affect the investment decisions of multinational enterprises …
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develop a model that incorporates central features of Knickerbocker's story-oligopoly, uncertainty, and risk aversion …
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investigate how uncertainty affects the attractiveness of investment in a particular location. Just how much does the ease of exit …
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In an uncertain business climate, multinational enterprises must take account of future exit costs in deciding where to locate a branch plant. We study how differences in national labour-market conditions between countries influence this decision. Other things equal, the most attractive location...
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