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Exports and Property Prices in France: Are they Connected?
Egert, Balazs; Kierzenkowski, Rafal - CESifo - 2010
France has seen a marked deterioration in its export performance in the last 10 years or so. Previous empirical research pointed out that weak export performance was due to i) vigorous domestic demand; ii) lower mark-ups due to head-to-head competition with Germany; iii) low non-price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583670
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International Financial Integration and Real Exchange Rate Long-Run Dynamics in Emerging Countries: Some Panel Evidence
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Amor, Thouraya Hadj; Rault, … - CESifo - 2009
The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of international financial integration on the long-run Real Exchange Rate (RER) in 39 developing countries belonging to three different geographical regions (Latin America, Asia and MENA). It covers the period 1979-2004,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596604
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Sources of Real Exchange Rate Volatility and International Financial Integration: A Dynamic GMM Panel Approach
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Amor, Thouraya Hadj; Rault, … - CESifo - 2011
The aim of this paper is to provide some new empirical evidence on the determinants of volatility of real exchange rates in emerging countries, focusing on the role of international financial integration in particular. A reduced-form model is estimated using the GMM method for dynamic panels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371352
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Effects of Corporate Tax Reforms on SMEs’ Investment Decisions under the Particular Consideration of Inflation
Nam, Chang Woon; Radulescu, Doina Maria - CESifo - 2005
generous tax depreciation provisions. Several countries including the UK have reduced tax rates for SMEs. This study compares … incentive effects of such reforms on the SMEs’ investment decisions adopting simple present value model. Ceteris paribus tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094149
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Integrating with their Feet: Cross-Border Lending at the German-Austrian Border
Fidrmuc, Jarko; Hainz, Christa - CESifo - 2008
show that distance matters for cross-border lending, especially for the SMEs. In contrast to the policy of harmonization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181385
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China's Outward FDI: An Industry-level Analysis of Host Country Determinants
Amighini, Alessia; Rabellotti, Roberta; Sanfilippo, Marco - CESifo - 2011
We provide an empirical analysis of host country determinants of Chinese outward FDI for the period 2003 to 2008, using data disaggregated by country and industry. We want to assess the relevance of market-seeking, resource-seeking and strategic asset seeking motivations suggested by the theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391727
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The Globalization Paradox Revisited
Schwerhoff, Gregor; Edenhofer, Ottmar - CESifo - 2014
According to the Globalization Paradox, globalization limits the freedom of choice for national governments. Capital …. Fixed factor taxes have the potential to improve welfare by defusing the globalization trilemma through a reduction in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877683
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'Globesity'? The Effects of Globalization on Obesity and Caloric Intake
Costa-i-Font, Joan; Mas, Núria - CESifo - 2014
This study considers the effects of globalization, in its economic and social dimensions, on obesity and caloric intake … globalization and both obesity and caloric intake. A one standard deviation increase in globalization is associated with a 20 … social globalization, and specifically the effects of changes in information flows and social proximity. A one standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948886
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International Trade, Factor Mobility and the Persistence of Cultural-Institutional Diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - CESifo - 2009
Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal costs of goods in autarchy and thus be the basis of specialization and comparative advantage, as long as these differences are not eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013942
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Capital Importers Pay More for their Imports
Adam, Antonis; Moutos, Thomas - CESifo - 2012
We examine the effects that a country’s net capital flows have on the (border) prices that a country pays for its imports of goods. Using data from 2000 to 2009 for 11 euro area countries we utilize a pricing-to-market specification to study exporters’ pricing behavior to the rest of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645628