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Centralization and Organization Reproduction : Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations
Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link to the inventor composition of their parent...
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Tax Policy and Investment in a Global Economy
Chodorow-Reich, Gabriel; Smith, Matthew; Zidar, Owen M.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We evaluate the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Combining reduced-form estimates from tax data with a global investment model, we estimate responses, identify parameters, and conduct counterfactuals. Domestic investment of firms with the mean tax change increases 20% versus a no-change baseline. Due...
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FDI and Superstar Spillovers : Evidence from Firm-to-Firm Transactions
Amiti, Mary; Duprez, Cédric; Konings, Jozef; Van … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
spillovers from multinationals to domestic firms justify pro- FDI policies. For the first time, we use firm-to-firm transaction … increase of about 8% three or more years after the event. Sales to other buyers, trade and customer quality also increase …
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Climate Risks and FDI
Gu, Grace Weishi; Hale, Galina - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
foreign direct investment (FDI) dynamics at different levels of aggregation as well as at firm level. We propose a theoretical … reduction in FDI resulting from both physical and transition risks but an ambiguous interaction effect of these risks with … we do not find consistent evidence for statistically significant effects of physical and transition risks on FDI. However …
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Foreign Know-How, Firm Control, and the Income of Developing Countries
Burstein, Ariel - 2007
Managerial know-how shapes the productivity of firms by defining the set of available technologies, production choices, and market opportunities. This know-how can be reallocated across countries as managers acquire control of factors of production abroad. In this paper, we construct a...
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship : New Estimates and a Research Agenda
Chodavadia, Saheel; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of immigrant founders, their economic impact, and policy levers....
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Building a Wall Around Science : The Effect of U.S.-China Tensions on International Scientific Research
Flynn, Robert; Glennon, Britta; Murciano-Goroff, Raviv; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper examines the impact of rising U.S.-China geopolitical tensions on three main dimensions of science: STEM trainee mobility between these countries, usage of scientific works between scientists in each country, and scientist productivity in each country. We examine each dimension from a...
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Closing the Gates : Assessing Impacts of the Immigration Act of 1917
Ganguli, Ina; Withrow, Jennifer R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
'skill-based' immigration policy in an attempt to limit migration. We assess whether the Immigration Act had any measurable … into migration to the U.S. from Europe through Ellis Island, reducing migration from low literacy countries by 70 percent …
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Bound by Ancestors : Immigration, Credit Frictions, and Global Supply Chain Formation
Choi, Jaerim; Hyun, Jay; Park, Ziho - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
firm-to-firm global supply chain information with a US establishment database and historical migration data, we find that … also extends to strategic partnerships and trade in services. Examining the causal mechanisms, we find that the positive …
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The Effect of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions on US Firms and Workers : Evidence from a Randomized Lottery
Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The U.S. limits work visas for low-skill jobs outside of agriculture, with a binding quota that firms access via a randomized lottery. We evaluate the marginal impact of the quota on firms entering the 2021 H-2B visa lottery using a novel survey and pre-analysis plan. Firms exogenously...
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