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Regional distribution and spatial impact of FDI in Greece: evidence from firm-level data
Monastiriotis, Vassilis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Studies on the productivity spillovers of FDI have concentrated on the national-sectoral level. As a result, little is … local, regional and national levels– has on the productivity of domestic firms. We find strong evidence suggesting that … foreign-owned firms self-select into regions and sectors of high productivity. Net of this selection effect, the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744819
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Regional Distribution and Spatial Impact of FDI in Greece: evidence from firm-level data
Monastiriotis, Vassilis; Jordaan, Jacob A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Studies on the productivity spillovers of FDI have concentrated on the national-sectoral level. As a result, little is … local, regional and national levels– has on the productivity of domestic firms. We find strong evidence suggesting that … foreign-owned firms self-select into regions and sectors of high productivity. Net of this selection effect, the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686676
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The costs of urban property crime
Gibbons, Steve - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper estimates the impact of recorded domestic property crime on property prices in the London area. Crimes in the Criminal Damage category have a significant negative impact on prices. Burglaries have no measurable impact on prices, even after allowing for the potential dependence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745875
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Does self-employment measure entrepreneurship? evidence from Great Britain
Faggio, Giulia; Silva, Olmo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Research on entrepreneurship often uses information on self-employment to proxy for business creation and innovative behaviour. However, little evidence has been collected on the link between these measures. In this paper, we use data from the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS) combined with data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126339
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Self-employment and entrepreneurship in urban and rural labour markets
Faggio, Giulia; Silva, Olmo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We study the link between self-employment and some salient aspects of entrepreneurship – namely business creation and innovation – in urban and rural labour markets. In order to do so, we combine individual and firm-level data for Britain aggregated at the Travel-to-Work Area level. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126578
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Firm size and judicial efficiency in Italy: evidence from the neighbour's tribunal
Giacomelli, Silvia; Menon, Carlo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
We investigate the causal relationship between judicial efficiency and firm size across Italian municipalities, exploiting spatial discontinuities in tribunals' jurisdiction for identification. Results show that halving the length of civil proceedings, average firm size would increase by around...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125883
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Down and Out in Italian towns: measuring the impact of economic downturns on crime
Menon, Carlo; de Blasio, Guido - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
The paper investigates the effect of local economic conditions on crime. The study focuses on Italy’s local labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125888
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Long term implications of the ICT revolution: applying the lessons of growth theory and growth accounting
Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
United States or Sweden. Nevertheless the contribution to the long run growth of labour productivity stemming from even the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884516
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A British industrial success: productivity in the Lancashire and New England cotton spinning industries a century ago
Leunig, Tim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper uses new product-specific, micro-level US data to show that New England had lower levels of productivity in …-abundant country – has higher labour productivity contradicts the Rothbarth-Habakkuk model. We suggest Britain’s industrial success …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884525
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Multinationals and US productivity leadership: evidence from Great Britain
Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
We study the productivity of US owned plants in the UK. Using a new dataset that identifies foreign and domestic MNEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884622