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Internationalization and the evolution of corporate valuation

Levine, Ross - 2005

"By documenting the evolution of Tobin's "q" before, during, and after firms internationalize, this paper provides evidence on the bonding, segmentation, and market timing theories of internationalization. Using new data on 9,096 firms across 74 countries over the period 1989-2000, we find that...

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Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy

Antràs, Pol - 2005

globalization. Globalization leads to better matches for all southern workers but only for the best northern workers. As a result …, we show that globalization increases wage inequality in the South but not necessarily in the North. We also study how … globalization affects the size distribution of firms and the patterns of consumption and trade in the global economy …

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Internationalization and the Evolution of Corporate Valuation

Levine, Ross - 2005

By documenting the evolution of Tobin's "q" before, during, and after firms internationalize, this paper provides evidence on the bonding, segmentation, and market timing theories of internationalization. Using new data on 9,096 firms across 74 countries over the period 1989-2000, we find that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467664

Migration, Spillovers,and Trade Diversion : The Impact of Internationalization on Stock Market Liquidity

Levine, Ross - 2003

What is the impact of firms that cross-list, issue depositary receipts, or raise capital in international stock markets on the liquidity of remaining firms in domestic markets? Using a panel of over 3,200 firms from 55 countries during 1989-2000, we find that internationalization reduces the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469086

New Technologies, Global Value Chains, and Developing Economies

Rodrik, Dani - 2018

Many of the exports of developing countries are channeled through global value chains (GVCs), which also act as conduits for new technologies. However, new capabilities and productive employment remain limited so far to a tiny sliver of globally integrated firms. GVCs and new technologies...

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Globalization and Pandemics

Antràs, Pol - 2020

We develop a model of human interaction to analyze the relationship between globalization and pandemics. Our framework …

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Globalization, Inequality and Welfare

Antràs, Pol - 2016

This paper studies the welfare implications of trade opening in a world in which trade raises aggregate income but also increases income inequality, and in which redistribution needs to occur via a distortionary income tax-transfer system. We provide tools to characterize and quantify the...

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How Firms Use Domestic and International Corporate Bond Markets

Gozzi, Juan Carlos - 2012

This paper provides the first comprehensive documentation of the main features of corporate bond issues in domestic and international markets and analyzes how firms use these markets after they internationalize. We find that debt issues in domestic and international bond markets have different...

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Grossman-Hart (1986) Goes Global : Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production

Antràs, Pol - 2011

I survey the influence of Grossman and Hart's (1986) seminal paper in the field of International Trade. I discuss the implementation of the theory in open-economy environments and its implications for the international organization of production and the structure of international trade flows. I...

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Globalization, Structural Change and Productivity Growth

McMillan, Margaret S. - 2011

Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of developing societies. In this paper, we document these gaps, and emphasize that labor flows from low-productivity activities to high-productivity activities are a key driver of...

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