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The Effect of Equity Barriers on Foreign Investment in Developing Countries

Claessens, Stijn - 1993

This paper investigates stock performance in emerging markets in relation to their accessibility by foreign investors (as measured by the investability index of the IFC). Using the Stehle (1977) model, we reject for most markets integration and fail to reject for all segmentation. We find that...

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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

causal interpretation. A model of technology transfer rationalizes these effects and also correctly predicts (i) falls in …

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Climate Risks and FDI

Gu, Grace Weishi; Hale, Galina - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Climate-related risks have increased in recent decades, both in terms of the frequency of extreme weather events (physical risk) and implementation of climate-change mitigation policies (transition risk). This paper explores whether multinational firms react to such risks by altering their...

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Intellectual Property Rights, Imitation, and Foreign Direct Investment : Theory and Evidence

Branstetter, Lee - 2007

This paper theoretically and empirically analyzes the effect of strengthening intellectual property rights in developing countries on the level and composition of industrial development. We develop a North-South product cycle model in which Northern innovation, Southern imitation, and FDI are...

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Contracts, Intellectual Property Rights, and Multinational Investment in Developing Countries

Markusen, James R. - 1998

on technology transfer and how property rights might affect such transfers and host-country welfare. Much of this … local managers learn the multinational's technology and can defect to start a rival firm. If contract enforcement leads the …

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Foreign Technology Adoption as a Flying Propeller

Hu, Yunfang; Kunieda, Takuma; Nishimura, Kazuo; Wang, Ping - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model of foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign technology adoption …, incorporating adoption barriers, international technology spillover, and relative price advantages. A higher FDI conversion efficacy …, a lower adoption barrier, or a stronger international technology spillover, together with a lower relative price of FDI …

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Do Stronger IPR Incentivize Female Participation in Innovation? Evidence from Chinese AI Patents

Agrawal, Shubhangi; Rathi, Sawan; Chatterjee, Chirantan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

heterogeneity at the country, technology class, and over time. Additional robustness tests with synthetic controls, coarsened exact …

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Intellectual Property Protection Lost and Competition : An Examination Using Machine Learning

Acikalin, Utku U.; Caskurlu, Tolga; Hoberg, Gerard; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We examine the impact of lost intellectual property protection on innovation, competition, acquisitions, lawsuits and employment agreements. We consider firms whose ability to protect intellectual property (IP) using patents is weakened following the Alice Corp. vs. CLS Bank International...

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Scope, Scale and Concentration : The 21st Century Firm

Hoberg, Gerard; Phillips, Gordon M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We provide evidence that over the past 30 years, U.S. firms have expanded their scope of operations. Increases in scope and scale were achieved largely without increasing traditional operating segments. Scope expansion significantly increases valuation and is primarily realized through...

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