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Mode of International Investment and Endogenous Risk of Expropriation
Dadasov, Ramin; Lorz, Oliver - FIW - 2011
political power to expropriate productive assets. In a joint venture, the domestic asset owner bears the risk of expropriation … institutional framework in the host country, the elite influences the risk of expropriation. We determine the equilibrium risk of … expropriation in this framework and the resulting pattern of international production. We also analyze as to how globalization …
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Financial Integration in Autocracies: Greasing the Wheel or More to Steal?
Dadasov, Ramin; Harms, Philipp; Lorz, Oliver - FIW - 2010
may counteract this effect by increasing the level of expropriation. Since de facto political power is linked to economic …
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Internationale Expansion in der pharmazeutischen Industrie Österreichs
Zeller, Christian; Hametner, Andreas; Smet, Koen; … - FIW - 2014
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die internationale Expansion der Pharmaindustrie in Österreich und stellt diese in den Kontext der zunehmenden weltwirtschaftlichen Verflech-tungen. Die Pharmaindustrie in Österreich besteht einerseits aus den Filialen einiger inter-national tätiger...
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Technological asymmetry among foreign investors and mode of entry
Saggi, Kamal - 2004
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To share or not to share : / Does local participation matter for spillovers from foreign direct investment
Smarzynska, Beata K. - 2003
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Do Multinational Enterprises push up the Wages of Domestic Firms in the Italian Manufacturing Sector?
Pittiglio, Rosanna; Reganati, Filippo; Sica, Edgardo - FIW - 2012
The present paper aims to test the impact of incoming Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on local wages in the Italian manufacturing sector by using firm level data from 2002 to 2007. Results initially show the lack of wage spillovers at both horizontal and vertical level, meaning that the effects...
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Does Aid for Education Attract Foreign Investors? An Empirical Analysis for Latin America
Donaubauer, Julian; Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - FIW - 2013
We address the question of whether foreign aid helps attract foreign direct investment (FDI). This could be achieved if well targeted aid removed critical impediments to higher FDI inflows. In particular, we test the hypothesis that aid for education is an effective means to increase FDI flows...
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Fokus Finanzsektor – Österreichs Direktinvestitionen in Mittel- und Osteuropa
Stöllinger, Roman - FIW - 2010
Die mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder (MOEL) stellen wichtige Zielländer für die Direktinvestitions-Aktivitäten österreichischer Unternehmen und Banken dar. Seit 2001 entfielen stets über 50% der gesamten ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (FDI) auf diese Region, was sich erst 2009 durch...
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FDI, International Trade and Union Collusion
Buccella, Domenico - FIW - 2010
This paper deals with firms’ decision related to international activities in a twocountry oligopoly model with a homogeneous product and unionized labor markets. Using a three-stage non-cooperative game with firms being first movers, it is found that firms’ strategies are affected by the...
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Policies to attract Foreign Direct Investment: An industry-level analysis
Bellac, C.; Leibrecht, M.; Stehrer, Robert - FIW - 2008
This paper analyzes policies to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) based on a sample comprising the US plus six EU countries (US-plus-EU-6) and four Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC-4). The analysis draws on industry-level data for 1995-2003. A Dynamic Panel Data approach is...
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