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Global Sourcing Decisions and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Spain
Kohler, Wilhelm; Smolka, Marcel - CESifo - 2009
We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we … productivity premia associated with the different sourcing strategies. We find strong empirical support for the predictions of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572568
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Employment Protection and the Market for Innovations
Bastgen, Andreas; Holzner, Christian - CESifo - 2015
in order to restore their productivity. To do so we develop an equilibrium matching model with an imperfect labor and … estimated negative impact of wrongful dismissal laws in the US on productivity and the positive effect on the number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210787
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Innovation and Trade with Heterogeneous Firms
Long, Ngo Van; Raff, Horst; Stähler, Frank - CESifo - 2009
industry productivity. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with heterogeneous firms … expected industry productivity. The central results of the paper regarding firm and industry level R&D spending differ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572589
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Intra-Industry Adjustment to Import Competition: Theory and Application to the German Clothing Industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - CESifo - 2009
face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583633
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Global Sourcing of Heterogeneous Firms: Theory and Evidence
Kohler, Wilhelm; Smolka, Marcel - CESifo - 2015
This paper investigates the role of firm productivity in drawing firm boundaries in global sourcing. Our analysis … focuses on how productivity affects the allocation of ownership rights between the headquarter of a firm and an intermediate …. domestic). Unlike previous work, we allow for a fully flexible productivity effect with varying magnitude and sign across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011155384
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Labor Unions, Globalization, and Mercantilism
Grieben, Wolf-Heimo; Sener, Fuat - CESifo - 2009
We analyze the growth and welfare effects of globalization in a dynamic Schumpeterian North-South product-cycle model. Economic growth is driven by R&D activities of Northern entrepreneurs. Top Northern production technologies are imitated by the South. In the North, there is wage bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583672
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Foreign Market Entry under Incomplete Contracts
Seidel, Tobias - CESifo - 2010
I show in this paper that incomplete contracts affect a firm’s decision about serving foreign customers through exports or local sales from an affiliated plant. When contracts between two agents within a firm are too costly to write, the share of multinational firms may be higher or lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727292
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Universal Intellectual Property Rights: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Biancini, Sara; Paillacar, Rodrigo - CESifo - 2013
This paper studies the incentives that developing countries have to protect intellectual properties rights (IPR). On the one hand, free-riding on rich countries technology reduces their investment cost in R&D. On the other hand, firm that violates IPR cannot legally export in a country that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670798
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Competition in the Service Sector and the Performances of Manufacturing Firms: Does Liberalization Matter?
Forlani, Emanuele - CESifo - 2010
’ productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534010
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Firm-Specific Characteristics and the Timing of Foreign Direct Investment Projects
Raff, Horst; Ryan, Michael - CESifo - 2006
how firm-specific characteristics affect each decision. We find that total factor productivity is a significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181328