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Subsidies and Exports in Germany. First Evidence from Enterprise Panel Data
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Wagner, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076112
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A New Global Index of Infrastructure: Construction, Rankings and Applications
Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
We construct comprehensive and comparable indices on the most relevant components of economic infrastructure. An unobserved components model is employed to cover the largest possible number of developing and developed countries over the period 1990-2010. We map major findings from the new...
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Outward FDI by Singapore : a different animal?
Ellingsen, Gaute; Likumahuwa, Winfried; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
Singapore?s outward FDI is peculiar in important respects, even though it shares some characteristics with FDI undertaken by traditional investor countries. The focus of FDI in the manufacturing sector on lower-income Asian host countries suggests that the motivations and trade repercussions of...
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Foreign direct investment and trade in transition countries: Tracing links. A sequel
Naujoks, Petra; Schmidt, Klaus-Dieter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1995
This paper deals with the interactions between outward investments of western multinationals and export performance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276389
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Catching up of Emerging Economies: The Role of Capital Goods Imports, FDI Inflows, Domestic Investment and Absorptive Capacity
Glas, Alexander; Hübler, Michael; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
We assess the role of capital goods imports and inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) as transmission channels through which major emerging economies (BRICs, i.e., Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China) could catch up with advanced source countries in terms of total factor...
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Foreign Direct Investment and Trade: A Bi-directional Gravity Approach
Harach, Monika; Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
This paper compares the traditional gravity model with a bidirectional approach when multilateral resistance is implemented to analyze the effect of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on exports. We use cross-sectional HS trade data disaggregated at a 6-digit level in 2010 with controls for...
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Why do within firm-product export prices differ across markets?
Görg, Holger; Halpern, László; Muraközy, Balász - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
In this paper we analyze the relationship between gravity variables and f.o.b. export unit values using Hungarian firm …-product-destination data. By taking firm-product level selection into account we show that export unit values increase with distance even for …: first, firms may export different quality versions of the same product to different markets. Secondly, directly exporting …
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What Drives India’s Outward FDI?
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Andrés, Maximiliano Sosa; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
We empirically assess the determinants of India’s FDI outflows across a large sample of host countries in the 1996-2009 period. Based on gravity model specifications, we employ Poisson pseudo maximum likelihood (PPML) estimators. Major findings include: India’s outward FDI is hardly affected...
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Are Stricter Investment Rules Contagious? Host Country Competition for Foreign Direct Investment through International Agreements
Neumayer, Eric; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, Martin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
We argue that the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter investment rules is driven by competitive diffusion, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in favor of competing host countries. Accounting...
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The Effects of Greenfield FDI and Cross-border M&As on Total Factor Productivity
Ashraf, Ayesha; Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Based on original survey data, this paper analyses and compares the role of personal traits and social capital in determining entrepreneurial intentions of students in Hong Kong and in Guangzhou (mainland China). The two cities are culturally closely related but differ strongly with respect to...
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