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We use enterprise data to analyse and compare the determinants of enterprise performance in China and Russia. We find … that in China, enterprise growth and efficiency is associated with rapid increases in factor inputs including management …
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The principal argument for subsidizing foreign investment, especially in developing and transition economies, is the assumed spillover of technology to local firms. Yet researchers report mixed results on spillovers. To examine the phenomenon in a systematic way, we collected 3,626 estimates...
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attention to the links between innovation and productivity. In this paper we investigate how the innovation-productivity … of equations for innovation expenditures, innovation output, productivity and exports. We use data from the community … innovation surveys for Estonia. We show that innovation is associated with increased productivity in the service sector. The …
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Does FDI affect productivity growth, innovation, and knowledge sourcing activities of domestic firms? This study … of FDI entry on local incumbents’ TFP and labour productivityg rowth in the short term. The effect on productivity does … not depend on the local firms’ distance to the productivity frontier. However, there are positive spillovers on process …
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We find that productivity gains in tradables cause an appreciation of the real exchange rate via both tradable and …
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In this paper we present an overview of a number of issues relating to the equilibrium exchange rates of transition economies of the former soviet bloc. In particular, we present a critical overview of the various methods available for calculating equilibrium exchange rates and discuss how...
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MacDonald (1998) in that the Czech real exchange rate vis-à-vis the euro is regressed on the dual productivity differential and …
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productivity of such firms subsequently increases as a result of foreign takeover. This finding is consistent with the hypothesis …
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The impact of FDI on total factor productivity in Hungary during the 1990s' is assessed with a large enterprise panel …. Foreign equity is associated with higher productivity levels and has a substantial, positive spillover effect on aggregate TFP …. Finally, State ownership implies lower levels of productivity, but does not hinder the capacity to respond to market …
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, rapidly narrowed the productivity gap with advanced economies. In contrast, in countries of the Commonwealth of Independent … States, which embarked on reforms later and contented with less depth, the productivity gap remains substantial. While the …
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