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Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

Carstensen, Kai; Toubal, Farid - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003

This paper uses dynamic panel data methods to examine the determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs). Our empirical model shows that the traditional determinants, such as market potential, low relative unit labor costs, a skilled workforce...

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Offshoring, Domestic Outsourcing, and Productivity: Evidence for a Number of European Countries

Schwörer, Tillmann - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

The economic effects of offshoring have been subject to extensive empirical analysis in the past, but many studies have not accurately distinguished between offshoring, domestic outsourcing, and the substitution of domestic by foreign suppliers. In this study I provide stylized facts on...

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Modes of International Sourcing and the Competitiveness of Firms: An Analysis of European Survey Data

Neureiter, Marcus; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

We draw on a recent survey of European companies to differentiate between alternative modes of international outsourcing as possible determinants of market, cost and knowledge-related aspects of the competitiveness of firms. We find that internalized modes are often superior to outside options,...

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The Role of Country-of-origin Characteristics for Foreign Direct Investment and Technical Cooperation in Post-reform India

Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Vadlamannati, Krishna … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

The decisions of foreign investors on technical cooperation versus equity engagements and on the degree of ownership in FDI projects are likely to depend on their relative bargaining position vis-à-vis the host country. India provides an interesting case for analyzing the interplay between...

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World Market Access of Emerging-Market Firms: the Role of Foreign Ownership and Access to External Finance

Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for...

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Foreign Ownership and the Extensive Margins of Exports: Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany

Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

We examine how foreign ownership of a firm affects the variety of goods that the firm exports and the number of countries it trades with. We construct a simple theoretical model of how foreign ownership may affect these extensive margins of exports and take this model to data from Germany, one...

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Foreign Ownership and the Export and Import Propensities of Developing-Country Firms

Boddin, Dominik; Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015

This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership affects the likelihood of manufacturers in developing countries to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor...

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The nature of corruption: An interdisciplinary perspective

Dimant, Eugen - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption's predominantly negative effects have arisen to … impairing everybody's life. This paper provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of existing literature on corruption and …

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Does Conditionality Work? A Test for an Innovative US Aid Scheme

Öhler, Hannes; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Dreher, Axel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

Corporation (MCC) was successful in promoting better control of corruption. We employ a difference … corruption over time. We conclude that – if designed properly –conditionality can work …

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Corruption and Armed Conflicts: Some Stirring Around in the Governance Soup

Andvig, Jens Christopher - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

The paper discusses the impact of corruption on the probability of violent conflict events and traces the shifts in the … little interaction between empirical corruption research and the empirical research into civil wars. When the two strands of …

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