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Spillovers from Foreign Firms through Worker Mobility: An Empirical Investigation

Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004

While there has been a large empirical literature on productivity spillovers from multinationals this literature treats the channels through which these spillover effects work as a black box. The innovation of this paper is to investigate whether spillovers occur via worker mobility. We use data...

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Outward FDI and Domestic Investment

Herzer, Dierk; Schrooten, Mechthild - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

This paper examines the impact of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on domestic investment by applying co-integration techniques to macroeconomic time series data for the United Sates and Germany. We show that the two countries differ: In the case of the US, OFDI has positive long-run...

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Effects of Foreign Presence in a Transition Economy: Regional and Industry-Wide Investments and Firm-Level Exports in Ukrainian Manufacturing

Lutz, Stefan; Talavera, Oleksandr; Park, Sang-Min - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

negative competition effects on domestic firms' performance while, at the same time, domestic firms' productivity may be …

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Outsourcing, Foreign Ownership and Productivity: Evidence from UK Establishment Level Data

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003

This paper presents an empirical analysis of "outsourcing" using establishment level data for UK manufacturing industries. We analyse an establishment's decision to outsource and the subsequent effects of outsourcing on the establishment's productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with...

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Diversification of Banks' International Portfolios: Evidence and Policy Lessons

Buch, Claudia M.; Neugebauer, Katja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

Over the past decades, banks have significantly increased their cross-border asset positions. The ongoing crisis on international financial markets has raised the question whether this increase in cross-border activities has allowed banks to diversify risks and to what extent it has increased...

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Diversification of Banks' International Portfolios: Evidence and Policy Lessons

Buch, Claudia M.; Neugebauer, Katja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

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Measuring Alpha in the Fund Management Industry: Do Female Managers Perform Better?

Babalos, Vassilios; Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013

This paper examines the performance of 358 European diversified equity mutual funds controlling for gender differences …. Fund performance is evaluated against funds' designated market indices and representative style portfolios. Consistently … with previous studies, no significant differences in performance and risk are found between female and male managed funds …

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The Impact of South-South Trade Agreements on FDI

Cherif, Mondher; Dreger, Christian - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

The integration of emerging markets into the global economy is heavily promoted by foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. Within the factors driving the location of FDI, regional trade agreements (RTAs) become increasingly relevant for emerging markets. We explore the impact of South-South...

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African Leaders: Their Education Abroad and FDI Flows

Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

Leaders are critical to a country's success. They can influence domestic policy via specific measures that they enforce, and they can also influence international public opinion towards their country. Foreign Direct Investments are also essential for a country's economic growth. Our hypothesis...

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Does the Nominal Exchange Rate Regime Affect the Real Interest Parity Condition?

Dreger, Christian - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008

The real interest partity (RIP) condition combines two cornerstones in international finance, uncovered interest parity (UIP) and ex ante purchasing power parity (PPP). The extent of deviation from RIP is therefore an indicator of the lack of product and financial market integration. This paper...

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