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Strategic investment, industry concentration and the cross section of returns

Bustamante, Maria Cecilia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

competition a¤ects the industrial dynamics of investment, concentration, and expected returns. When firms have similar production …

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Fluctuations in uncertainty

Bloom, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

question, the evidence suggests uncertainty is damaging for short-run investment and hiring, but there is some evidence it may …

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Investment choice and inflation uncertainty

Fischer, Gregory - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This paper investigates the relationship between infation uncertainty and investment using a panel of loan-level data … investment. Moreover, there is a shift in the composition of investment away from fixed assets and towards working capital - the … more flexible factor of production - and fixed asset investment exhibits periods of inaction consistent with real option …

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The marginal product of capital

Caselli, Francesco; Feyrer, James - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Whether or not the marginal product of capital (MPK) differs across countries is a question that keeps coming up in discussions of comparative economic development and patterns of capital flows. We use easily accessible macroeconomic data to shed light on this issue, and find that MPKs are...

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The OECD Regulatory Reform Review of Indonesia: Market Openness

Lesher, Molly - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2012

This paper focuses on the market openness aspects of regulatory reform in Indonesia to devise recommendations for improving the country’s regulatory processes. These recommendations involve institutionalising independent and objective evaluations of policies from an economy-wide perspective,...

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Participation of Developing Countries in Global Value Chains: Implications for Trade and Trade-Related Policies

Kowalski, Przemyslaw; Gonzalez, Javier Lopez; … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2015

determinants of GVC participation. Trade and investment policy reforms as well as improvements of logistics and customs …

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Technology Transfer and the Economic Implications of the Strengthening of Intellectual Property Rights in Developing Countries

Park, Walter G.; Lippoldt, Douglas C. - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2008

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the influence of the strength of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on technology transfer to developing nations. The core contribution is to use regression analysis to examine the relationship between various measures of technology transfer and a...

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China's Trade and Growth: Impact on Selected OECD Countries

Greene, Malory; Dihel, Nora; Kowalski, Przemyslaw; … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2006

This paper examines China's emergence as a global player in international markets over the last few decades. It provides an overview of China's trade policy environment following the country's process of market opening and joining the WTO. The report analyses China’s role in international...

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Enhancing Market Openness through Regulatory Reform in the People's Republic of China

Greene, Malory; Tsai, Charles - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2008

trade-and-investment friendly. The study is complemented with a business survey of OECD member country enterprises and … Chinese firms. The survey assesses government influence on the investment climate through the impact of their policies on the …

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Intertwined: FDI in Manufacturing and Trade in Services

Gage, Jonathan; Lesher, Molly - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2005

This study analyses the complex relationship between manufacturing FDI and trade in services. An examination of how recent developments in the economic landscape have resulted in changes in the industrial organisation as well the structure of multinational enterprises is presented. This analysis...

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