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Vertical Integration and Supplier Finance
Kersting, Erasmus; Görg, Holger - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
We investigate the financial implications of a multinational firm’s choice between outsourcing and integration from the perspective of the supplier. Using a simple model, we explore the extent to which an integrated supplier’s access to finance, as well as its sources of funding, change...
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Modeling the Effects of Financial Constraints on Firm´s Investment
Tomat, Gian Maria - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
The paper develops a model of firm´s investment under uncertainty with financial market imperfections and analyzes the effects of financial constraints on firm´s investment. Firm´s investment is an increasing function of the firm´s marginal q, however the investment function is characterized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083386
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Mission drawdowns - financing a sustainable peace : sustaining gains and supporting economic stability post un mission withdrawal
OECD - 2020
managed transition process is one of the best ways to guard against backslide and to ensure the continuity of essential … studies in DRC (initial stages of MONUSCO transition), Haiti (handover from MINUJUSH to BINUH), Liberia (following UNMIL …’s withdrawal) and Sudan (transition of UNAMID). The paper focuses on opportunities that the international community could integrate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257901
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Accession Incentives for Institutional Change in Post-Socialist Countries – Cross-Section and Country Evidence from NATO Enlargement
Schweickert, Rainer; Kauschke, Jonas; Heitmann, Hanno - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
debate among NATO members, is of special relevance for the peaceful transition of other post-socialist countries, e …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592857
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Investment behavior in dynamic computable general equilibrium models for transition economies
Piazolo, Daniel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
This paper suggests a method of approximating the development of investment in transition economies through an … investment in transition countries. In contrast to standard adjustment costs, which predict a sharp rise in investment due to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276188
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Gaining credibility and enhancing economic growth through regional integration: The case for EU membership of Eastern Europe
Piazolo, Daniel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997
Trade between Eastern and Western Europe has increased considerably in the last years. Given this market-induced development, why should it be necessary to advance institutional integration? This paper argues that Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) can potentially enhance the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276477
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Large-Scale Transition of Economic Systems – Do CEECs Converge Towards Western Prototypes?
Ahlborn, Markus; Ahrens, Joachim; Schweickert, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
performance. We acknowledge for the transition aspect by looking at cluster history and principal component analysis for periods … of transition. Our analysis reveals that there is consolidation rather than convergence with CEECs being divided in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082311
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Regulatory Choices and Commitment ; Challenges for Electricity Market Regulation in Kosovo
Kumkar, Lars - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2002
This paper aims at describing the choices to be made in selecting and implementing a reform model for the electricity industry and to derive some implications for the situation in Kosovo. The paper argues that the appropriate reform model depends on the circumstances in the considered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755163
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Subsidization and Structural Change in Eastern German Transition: Did Economic Policy Meet Its Objectives?
Gerling, Katja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2000
contributes to creating competitive economic structures, employment and growth or whether it just fosters an exaggerated capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755271
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The finance-growth nexus revisited: From origins to a modern theoretical landscape
Stolbov, Mikhail - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
The paper is a survey of theoretical and empirical approaches applied to analyze the impact of financial system on economic growth. The key issues of the modern theories of the finance-growth nexus are discussed and the theories are classified on the basis of the methodology they rely on. The...
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